Early life influences on cognition, behavior, and emotion in humans: From birth to age 20

Advances in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 315-331

  van den Bergh, Bea R H ^a,b   Loomans, Eva M ^a,c   Mennes, Maarten ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84929503468     PISSN: 02700794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1372-5_15     Document Type: Chapter

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