Readiness for school entry: A community survey

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Perera, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Development; Epidemiology; School readiness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTHER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SRI LANKA; TASK PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREA;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 14544287252     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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