Child development in developing countries: Introduction and methods

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-31

  Bornstein, Marc H ^a   Britto, Pia Rebello ^b   Nonoyama Tarumi, Yuko ^c   Ota, Yumiko ^d   Petrovic, Oliver ^d   Putnick, Diane L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PARENTING; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856237037     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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