Growth status and academic performance in Brazilian school age children: growth retardation impairs mathematical, but not reading and spelling abilities Crescimento e desempenho acadêmico em escolares brasileiros: retardo no crescimento interfere com a matemática mas não com a leitura e a escrita
AIM: To assess the effect of child growth status on academic achievement and the association between child growth and academic standing. METHOD: The heights of 722 middle-school children were measured using standard procedures and height-for-age z (HAZ) scores were calculated based on an internation...
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2006000600006 |