Effects of Sure Start local programmes on children and families: early findings from a quasi-experimental, cross sectional study.

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Published in BMJ on June 16, 2006

Authors

Jay Belsky1, Edward Melhuish, Jacqueline Barnes, Alastair H Leyland, Helena Romaniuk

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1B 3RA. j.belsky@bbk.ac.uk

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