Trichuris trichiura infection and cognitive function in Jamaican school children

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Meeks Gardner, J ^a,b   Grantham McGregor, S ^a   Baddeley, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0030011955     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813026     Document Type: Article

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