Environmental effects on school age child psychomotricity

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-284

  Cappellini, A C ^a   Mancini, S ^a   Zuffellato, S ^a   Bini, F ^a   Polcaro, P ^b   Conti, A A ^a,b   Molino Lova, R ^b   Macchi, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Educational status; Evidence based medicine; Human development; Movement; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 46749126537     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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