Three estimates of the association between linear growth failure and cognitive ability

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1020-1024

  Cheung, Y B ^a,b   Lam, K F ^c  

^a SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body height; Child development; Cognition; Statistical models; Stunting

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 69249188303     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02321.x     Document Type: Article

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