Maternal literacy and associations between education and the cognitive home environment in low-income families

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 832-837

  Green, Cori M ^a   Berkule, Samantha B ^a   Dreyer, Benard P ^a   Fierman, Arthur H ^a   Huberman, Harris S ^a   Klass, Perri E ^a   Tomopoulos, Suzy ^a   Yin, Hsiang Shonna ^a   Morrow, Lesley M ^b   Mendelsohn, Alan L ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; READING; TEACHING; URBAN AREA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349119541     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.136     Document Type: Article

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