Micronutrients and its Correlation With Mental Performance Among Schoolchildren in Bario, Sarawak: A Preliminary Study

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-319

  Zaleha, M I ^a   Noor Hayaati, A R N ^a   Mohd Rizam, A R ^a   Jamaludin, M ^a   Osman, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bario; Mental performance; Micronutrient; Remote rural; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GRAPHITE; IODINE; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COGNITION; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FURNACE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOIL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MICRONUTRIENTS; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 0242363132     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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