Effects of poverty on cognitive function: A hidden neurologic epidemic

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 447-451

  Bergen, Donna C ^a,b  

^a Rush University Medical College ^*  (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; ZINC;

ANEMIA; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH ORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSANGUINITY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARASITOSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY STIMULATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; EPIDEMIC; INTELLIGENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; COGNITION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POVERTY;

EID: 49049088566     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000324420.03960.36     Document Type: Review

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