Neighborhood community risk influences on preschool children's development and school readiness

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-100

  Hanson, Marci J ^a   Miller, Angela D ^b   Diamond, Karen ^c   Odom, Samuel ^d   Lieber, Joan ^e   Butera, Gretchen ^f   Horn, Eva ^b   Palmer, Susan ^b   Fleming, Kandace ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood education; neighborhood influences on child development; school readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650884376     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e3182008dd0     Document Type: Article

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