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ERIC Number: EJ447678
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0165-0254
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Growth and Cognition in Brazilian Schoolchildren: A Spontaneously Occurring Intervention Study.
Paine, Patricia; And Others
International Journal of Behavioral Development, v15 n2 p169-83 Jun 1992
Measured physical and cognitive development of 7- to 10-year-old Brazilian children in 3 social groups. Domestic servants' children were taller and heavier than children in slums, and shorter than middle-class children. Domestic servants' sons scored similar to slum-dwelling boys on cognitive measures. (BC)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Lower Class Students, Middle Class Students, Physical Development, Sex Differences, Slum Environment, Social Differences, Social Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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