The acute effect of local homicides on children's cognitive performance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 11733-11738

  Sharkey, Patrick ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Cognitive function; Neighborhoods; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955373705     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000690107     Document Type: Article

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