More Evidence for Reach Out and Read: A Home-Based Study

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1248-1253

  Weitzman, Carol Cohen ^a   Roy, Lisa ^a   Walls, Theodore ^a   Tomlin, Ricarda ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric literacy; Primary care; Reach Out and Read; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; READING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2342510979     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.5.1248     Document Type: Article

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