Early childhood development: the foundation of sustainable development

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10064, 2017, Pages 9-11

  Daelmans, Bernadette ^a   Darmstadt, Gary L ^b   Lombardi, Joan ^c   Black, Maureen M ^d,e   Britto, Pia R ^f   Lye, Stephen ^g   Dua, Tarun ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^h,i   Richter, Linda M ^j  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Bernard van Leer Foundation   (United States)

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

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁱ AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PROTECTION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 85002342310     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31659-2     Document Type: Note

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