Height and cognitive achievement among Indian children

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-219

  Spears, Dean ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indicators; Children; Cognitive achievement; Height; Human capital; India

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIAN; LEARNING TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEARNING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84858075093     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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