Toward a science for and of the people: Promoting civil society through the application of developmental science

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-20

  Lerner, Richard M ^a   Fisher, Celia B ^b   Weinberg, Richard A ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0033650041     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00113     Document Type: Article

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