Global health and development in early childhood

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 433-457

  Aboud, Frances E ^a   Yousafzai, Aisha K ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Child development; Developing countries; Low and middle income countries; Meta analysis and systematic review; Nutrition; Psychosocial stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84921494811     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015128     Document Type: Review

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