The state of child development in Canada: Are we moving toward, or away from, equity from the start?

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 673-676

  Hertzman, Clyde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early child development; Enronmentd health; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 75649122277     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/14.10.673     Document Type: Article

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