The Effects of Socio-Economic Status on Infant Attention

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-67

  Clearfield, Melissa W ^a   Jedd, Kelly E ^a  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Infancy; Poverty; SES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873997555     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1770     Document Type: Article

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