Verbal (animal) fluency scores in age/grade appropriate minority children from low socioeconomic backgrounds

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-147

  Prigatano, George P ^a   Gray, Jennifer A ^a   Lomay, Vicky T ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental changes; Low socio economic status; Minority; Norms; School age children; Semantic fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 37449029607     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708080089     Document Type: Article

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