Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling.
The development of cognitive and socioemotional skills early in life influences later health and well-being. Existing estimates of unmet developmental potential in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are based on either measures of physical growth or proxy measures such as poverty. In this pape...
Main Authors: | Dana Charles McCoy, Evan D Peet, Majid Ezzati, Goodarz Danaei, Maureen M Black, Christopher R Sudfeld, Wafaie Fawzi, Günther Fink |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4896459?pdf=render |
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