Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 72-78 , 1 March 2006

Books, Toys, Parent-Child Interaction, and Development in Young Latino Children

Presented in part at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, May 4, 2003, Seattle, Wash.

  • Suzy Tomopoulos, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Suzy Tomopoulos, MD, New York University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY
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  • Benard P. Dreyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY
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  • Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New York University Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Applied Psychology, Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education, New York, NY
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  • Virginia Flynn, MS

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY
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  • Irene Rovira, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY
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  • Wendy Tineo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY
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  • Alan L. Mendelsohn, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY

Received 20 October 2004 ,Accepted 13 October 2005.

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PII: S1530-1567(05)00013-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2005.10.001

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 72-78 , 1 March 2006

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