The negative impact of living environment on intelligence quotient of primary school children in Baghdad City, Iraq: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Ghazi Hasanain (Author), Isa Zaleha (Author), Aljunid Syed (Author), Shah Shamsul (Author), Tamil Azmi (Author), Abdalqader Mohammed A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Environmental factors play a very important role in the child development process, especially in a situation like that of Iraq. Thirteen years of economic sanctions followed by the 2003 war and 8 years of unstable security have affec...