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Growth and Cognition in Brazilian Schoolchildren: A Spontaneously Occurring Intervention Study.

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Paine, Patricia; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 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)

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