Investing in early child development: An imperative for sustainable development

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chan, Margaret ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN DEATH; PLAY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; STUNTING; SUBSTANCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84893090341     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12376     Document Type: Article

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