Addressing disparities in school readiness through promotion of parenting in well-child care: The broader context of let's read

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1071-1073

  Mendelsohn, Alan L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; READING;

EID: 84868533325     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.154     Document Type: Editorial

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