The Impact of Dietary Intervention on the Cognitive Development of Kenyan School Children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 11 SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Whaley, Shannon E ^a   Sigman, Marian ^a   Neumann, Charlotte ^a   Bwibo, Nimrod ^d   Guthrie, Donald ^a   Weiss, Robert E ^b   Alber, Susan ^b   Murphy, Suzanne P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Animal source foods; Cognitive development; Kenya; Schoolers; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARITHMETIC; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; MALE; MEAT; MILK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242610845     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.11.3965s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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