Factors associated with cognitive achievement in late childhood and adolescence: The Young Lives cohort study of children in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Crookston, Benjamin T ^a   Forste, Renata ^a   McClellan, Christine ^a   Georgiadis, Andreas ^b   Heaton, Tim B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child cognition; Child growth; Ethiopia; Household factors; India; Peru; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENT; PERU; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; VIET NAM; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; PARENTS; PERU; SOCIAL CLASS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84908005745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-253     Document Type: Article

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