Using indicators of child well-being at the international level

Social Indicators Research Series

Volumn 27, Issue , 2006, Pages 83-90

  Phipps, Shelley ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child Obesity; Child Outcome; Child Poverty; International Comparison; National Longitudinal Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849113000     PISSN: 13876570     EISSN: 22150099     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4242-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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