Human development, nature and nurture: Working beyond the divide

BioSocieties

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-321

  Singh, Ilina ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; ecobiodevelopmental model; epigenetics; Nurse Family Partnership; plasticity; toxic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867960664     PISSN: 17458552     EISSN: 17458560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/biosoc.2012.20     Document Type: Article

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