Age 5 cognitive development in England

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-126

  Hansen, Kirstine ^a   Jones, Elizabeth Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive outcomes; Early development; Millennium Cohort Study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894892758     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-009-9055-5     Document Type: Article

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