The negative impact of living environment on intelligence quotient of primary school children in Baghdad City, Iraq: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ghazi, Hasanain Faisal ^a,b   Isa, Zaleha Md ^a   Aljunid, Syed ^a,b   Shah, Shamsul Azhar ^a   Tamil, Azmi Mohd ^a   Abdalqader, Mohammed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b United Nations University   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Baghdad City; IQ; Living environment; Primary school children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; IRAQ; MALE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; IRAQ; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84864189082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-562     Document Type: Article

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