Housing quality and access to material and learning resources within the home environment in developing countries

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-91

  Bradley, Robert H ^a   Putnick, Diane L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FREEZING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LEARNING; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SANITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; POVERTY; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; REFRIGERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SANITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84856303009     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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