Child well-being in the pacific rim

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-383

  Lau, Maggie ^a   Bradshaw, Jonathan ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child well being; Far east; Multi dimensional index; Pacific rim

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894097532     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-010-9064-4     Document Type: Article

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