| Autor: |
Piraya, Aungudornpukdee, Nuntavarn, Vichit-Vadakan, Surasak, Taneepanichskul |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet. 93(3) |
| ISSN: |
0125-2208 |
| Popis: |
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors that affect short-term memory dysfunction among children, 6 to 13 years of age, residing near the Petrochemical Industrial Estate, Map Ta Phut sub-district, Rayong province. A population-based cross-sectional study was employed for collecting data on neurobehavioral effects using the Digit Span Test. The present study found one-third of 2,158 children presented with short-term memory dysfunction. It was found an inverse association between short-term memory dysfunction with 2 out of 25 communities; Islam (adjusted OR 0.382) and Taladmabtaput (adjusted OR 0.297). In addition, short-term memory dysfunction was also found an inverse association with distance from residential areas to the industrial park (adjusted OR 0.871). It was also found that an association between short-term memory dysfunction and length of living period in study areas was not clear The finding on short-term memory dysfunction indicated that children with short-term memory dysfunction were affected by the distance from residential areas to source of pollution and community. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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