Housing and child development

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1165-1174

  Leventhal, Tama ^a   Newman, Sandra ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Family well being; Housing; Low income; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955174910     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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