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Developmental health and the wealth of nations : social, biological, and educational dynamics / Daniel P. Keating, Clyde Hertzman, editors ; foreword by J. Fraser Mustard and Lewis P. Lipsitt.

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Developmental health and the wealth of nations : social, biological, and educational dynamics / Daniel P. Keating, Clyde Hertzman, editors ; foreword by J. Fraser Mustard and Lewis P. Lipsitt.

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Additional Authors
  • Hertzman, Clyde, 1953-
  • Keating, Daniel P., 1949-
Description
xvi, 406 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "This volume asks how we can best support the health and well-being of infants and children in an era of rapid economic and technological change. The book presents cogent findings on human development as both an individual and a population phenomenon.
  • Topics covered include links between socioeconomic status, achievement, and health; the impact of early experience upon brain and behavioral development; and how schools and communities can develop new kinds of learning environments to enhance adaptation and foster intellectual growth."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN
1572304545 (hbk.)
LCCN
99022408
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries