Factors associated with poor academic achievement among urban primary school children in Malaysia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-252

  Ong, L C ^a   Chandran, V ^a   Lim, Y Y ^b   Chen, A H ^b   Poh, B K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Department of Dietetics and Nutrition ^*

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cognitive ability; Gender; Prematurity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; VISION TESTS;

EID: 77951936293     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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