Earlier is better: A meta-analysis of 70 years of intervention improving cognitive development in institutionalized children

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-293

  Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Juffer, Femmie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORPHANAGE; ORPHANED CHILD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TOUCH;

ADOPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; ORPHANAGES; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TOUCH;

EID: 56849126582     PISSN: 0037976X     EISSN: 15405834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5834.2008.00498.x     Document Type: Note

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