Development of the Child Indicator Movement in the United States

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-84

  O'Hare, William P ^a  

^a O'Hare Data and Demographic Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Child indicators; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856957425     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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