Data resource profile: The Australian early development index (AEDI)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1089-1096

  Brinkman, Sally A ^a,b   Gregory, Tess A ^a,b   Goldfeld, Sharon ^c,d   Lynch, John W ^b,e   Hardy, Matthew ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN EARLY DEVELOPMENT INDEX; CHILD CARE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 84905661272     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu085     Document Type: Article

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