The promise of home visitation: Results of two randomized trials

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-21

  Olds, David ^a   Henderson Jr , Charles ^b   Kitzman, Harriet ^b   Eckenrode, John ^b   Cole, Robert ^b   Tatelbaum, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032338108     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199801)26:1<5::AID-JCOP2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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