Poverty, cultural disadvantage and brain development: A study of pre-school children in Mexico

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 512-516

  Otero, Gloria A ^a  

^a Autonomous University of the Mexico State   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cultural disadvantage; development lag; EEG frequency analysis; Poverty; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031172619     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)95213-9     Document Type: Article

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