Relationship between physical, environmental and sociodemographic factors and school performance in primary schoolchildren

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-32

  Özmert, Elif N ^a   Yurdakök, Kadriye ^a   Soysal, Şebnem ^b   Kulak Kayikçi, Maviş E ^a   B̈elgin, Erol ^a   Özmert, Emin ^c   Laleli, Yahya ^d   Saraçbaşi, Osman ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Duzen Laboratories   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 15444370528     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh070     Document Type: Article

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