From research to policy and back

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Huston, Aletha C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MASS COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN; POLICY; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849187813     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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