Low birth weight, preschool education, and school remediation

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 705-729

  Temple, Judy A ^a   Reynolds, Arthur J ^a   Arteaga, Irma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Grade retention; Minority students; Preschool intervention; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955244469     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: 15523535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124510370946     Document Type: Article

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