Some considerations related to the impact of undernutrition on brain development, intelligence and scholastic achievement;Algunas consideraciones sobre el impacto de la desnutricion en el desarrollo cerebral, inteligencia y rendimiento escolar

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-71

  Plaza, Boris Leiva ^a   Brito, Nelida Inzunza ^a   Torrejón, Hernán Pérez ^a   Gloor, Veronica Castro ^a   Medina, Joan Manuel Jansana ^a   Díaz, Triana Toro ^a   Flores, Atilio Almagiá ^a   Díaz, Arturo Navarro ^a   Cáceres, María Soledad Urrutia ^a   Oltremari, Jorge Cervilla ^a   Marincovich, Daniza Ivanovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain; Education; Head; Intelligence; Socio economic factors; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 0035634146     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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