Nutritional supplementation, psychosocial stimulation, and mental development of stunted children: the Jamaican Study

The Lancet

Volumn 338, Issue 8758, 1991, Pages 1-5

  Grantham McGregor, S M ^a   Powell, C A ^a   Walker, S P ^a   Himes, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CARIBBEAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY WORKERS; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INFANT NUTRITION; JAMAICA; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; YOUTH;

FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAMAICA; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025892564     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)90001-6     Document Type: Article

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