Poverty During Early Childhood

Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 399-423

  Dearing, Eric ^a   Berry, Daniel ^b   Zaslow, Martha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Demography; Postnatal; Poverty; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889302793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757703.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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