Nutritional deficiencies and later behavioural development

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-54

  Grantham McGregor, S M ^a   Walker, S P ^b   Chang, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Child development; Nutrient deficiencies

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IRON; ZINC;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034106510     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665100000069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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