Early child development programmes: further evidence for action

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2016, Pages e505-e506

  Black, Maureen M ^a,b   Hurley, Kristen M ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT INDEX; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84991790874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30149-8     Document Type: Note

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