Building for the future: Influence of housing on intelligence quotients of children in an urban slum

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 420-424

  Choudhary, R ^a   Sharma, Abhinav ^a   Agarwal, Kishore S ^a   Kumar, Amod ^a   Sreenivas, V ^b   Puliyel, Jacob M ^a  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Housing; India; Intelligence quotient; Urban slums

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036906162     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/17.4.420     Document Type: Article

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