Air pollution, socioeconomic status, and children's cognition in megacities: The Mexico City scenario

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Calderón Garcidueñas, Lilian ^a,b   Torres Jardón, Ricardo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84867124932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00217     Document Type: Note

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