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‘Cumulative risks need comprehensive responses’






Gary Evans is an environmental and developmental psychologist interested in how the physical environment affects human health and well-being among children. Here he talks to Early Childhood Matters about the current state of evidence on risk factors such as noise and crowding, and how multiple risk factors add up to dramatically worse outcomes.

An interview with Gary Evans, Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, New York, USA

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