The development and validation of Australian indices of child development - Part I: Conceptualisation and development

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-292

  Sanson, Ann V ^a   Misson, Sebastian ^b   Hawkins, Mary T ^a   Berthelsen, Donna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Child development; Developmental indicators; Infant development; Longitudinal research; Outcome index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856011751     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-009-9058-2     Document Type: Article

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