Neighborhood disadvantage: Pathways of effects for young children

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 156-169

  Kohen, Dafna E ^a   Leventhal, Tama ^b   Dahinten, V Susan ^c   McIntosh, Cameron N ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ANOMIE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38949198339     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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