Middle Childhood: An Evolutionary-Developmental Synthesis

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 193-200

  Del Giudice, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenarche; Evolution; Middle childhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027944913     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12084     Document Type: Article

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