The Contribution of Neighborhood and Family Income to Developmental Test Scores over the First Three Years of Life

Child Development

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1420-1436

  Klebanov, Pamela Kato ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a   McCarton, Cecelia ^a   McCormick, Marie C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032193251     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06221.x     Document Type: Article

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