Early childhood development and schooling attainment: Longitudinal evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Peet, Evan D ^a,b   McCoy, Dana C ^c   Danaei, Goodarz ^a   Ezzati, Majid ^d   Fawzi, Wafaie ^a   Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta ^d,e,f   Pillas, Demetris ^d   Fink, Günther ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRITISH CITIZEN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FINN (CITIZEN); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; COGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PREGNANCY; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84944809997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137219     Document Type: Article

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