Spotlight on middle childhood: Rejuvenating the 'forgotten years'

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-83

  Kandice Mah, V ^a,b   Lee Ford Jones, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Neurobehavioural; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84858206550     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/17.2.81     Document Type: Review

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