Infant Development in the Developing World

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development: Second Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 140-164

  Engle, Patrice ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic and Noneconomic Characteristics of Developing Countries; Economic comparisons between industrialized and developing countries; Gross national income (GNI); Infant Development in the Developing World; Infant Development: What Do Children Need?; Low birth weight (LBW); Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).; South Africa evaluating the effects of the HIV AIDS pandemic; Terms "industrialized" and "developing" countries following the World Bank and UNICEF; World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886014793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327588.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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