Nutrition, anaemia, geohelminth infection and school achievement in rural Jamaican primary school children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 729-735

  Hutchinson, S E ^a   Powell, C A ^a   Walker, S P ^a   Chang, S M ^a   Grantham McGregor, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Geohelminths; Nutritional status; Rural children; School achievement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; READING; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0030697106     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600473     Document Type: Article

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