Socioeconomic predictors of cognition in Ugandan children: Implications for community interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Bangirana, Paul ^a,b   John, Chandy C ^c   Idro, Richard ^a   Opoka, Robert O ^a   Byarugaba, Justus ^a   Jurek, Anne M ^c   Boivin, Michael J ^d,e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d East Lansing   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; UGANDA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 70949086206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007898     Document Type: Article

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