Association of child poverty, brain development, and academic achievement

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 822-829

  Hair, Nicole L ^a   Hanson, Jamie L ^b   Wolfe, Barbara L ^c   Pollak, Seth D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HEALTH STATUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERANT BEHAVIORAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDY SKILLS; TEMPORAL LOBE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH DISPARITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941247919     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.1475     Document Type: Article

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