Is a pan-Canadian early child development system possible? Yes, when we redress what ails Canadian culture

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 685-688

  Kershaw, Paul ^a,b   Anderson, Lynell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Human Early Learning Partnership   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early childhood development; Outcomes; Social paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT;

EID: 75649142959     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/14.10.685     Document Type: Article

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