Cognitive performance at school entry of children living in malaria-endemic areas of Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-165

  Fernando, Deepika ^a   Wickremasinghe, Renu ^b   Mendis, K N ^c   Wickremasinghe, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Malaria; Schoolchildren; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; MALARIA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SRI LANKA; WRITING;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0142061656     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90107-6     Document Type: Article

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