Cognitive and emotional outcomes for children in poverty

Handbook of Families and Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 311-333

  Barajas, R Gabriela ^a,b   Philipsen, Nina ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b National Center for Children and Families (NCCF)   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976596.n18     Document Type: Chapter

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