Stability, predictive validity, and sensitivity of mental and motor development scales and pre-scnool cognitive tests among low-income children in developing countries

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Pollitt, Ernesto ^a   Triana, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 0033508135     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482659902000106     Document Type: Article

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