"dosage" effects on developmental progress during early childhood intervention: Accessible metrics for real-life research and advocacy

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-132

  Bagnato, Stephen J ^a,d   Suen, Hoi K ^b   Fevola, Antonio V ^c  

^a School of Medicine and Education   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Office of Child Development   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; applied community research; dosage effects; dosage metrics; early childhood intervention; time in program

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952950904     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e3182104896     Document Type: Article

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