Birth Weight as Destiny? How Parental Investment Reinforces the Birth Weight Educational Gap

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

سال: 2017

ISSN: 1948-3260

DOI: 10.5590/jsbhs.2017.11.1.6