Environmental contributors to the achievement gap

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1019-1024

  Miranda, Marie Lynn ^a   Kim, Dohyeong ^a,b   Reiter, Jerome ^c   Overstreet Galeano, M Alicia ^a   Maxson, Pamela ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Environmental exposures; Lead levels; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 71049164752     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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