Effects of qualities of early institutional care on cognitive attainment

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 424-437

  Castle, Jenny ^a,b   Groothues, Christine ^a   Bredenkamp, Diana ^a   Beckett, Celia ^a   O'Connor, Thomas ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032743464     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080391     Document Type: Article

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