Giving infants and toddlers a head start: Getting policies in sync with knowledge

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-29

  Knitzer, Jane ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Early child development; Infant and toddler policy; Infant mental health; Infants and toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749028828     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IYC.0000306370.02296.4d     Document Type: Article

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