Toward a social care program of research: A population-level study of neighborhood effects on child development

Early Education and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-560

  Kershaw, Paul ^a,b   Forer, Barry ^a   Irwin, Lori G ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a   Lapointe, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b 440 2206 East Mall   (Canada)

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EID: 37849044606     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409280701610929     Document Type: Article

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