Impact of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia on cognitive function and school achievement of schoolchildren in the Yemen Republic

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 337-345

  Al Serouri, A W ^a   Grantham McGregor, S M ^a   Greenwood, B ^a   Costello, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic malaria; Cognitive function; Schoolchildren; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPLEEN SIZE; YEMEN;

CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; YEMEN;

EID: 0033810086     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099006502     Document Type: Article

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