"Stupidity or worms": Do intestinal worms impair mental performance?

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-191

  Watkins, William E ^a,b,d   Pollitt, Ernesto ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LEARNING DISORDER; NEMATODIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEARNING DISORDERS; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0031284844     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.121.2.171     Document Type: Article

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