Modeling the effects of health status and the educational infrastructure on the cognitive development of Tanzanian schoolchildren

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-292

  Bhargava, Alok ^a   Jukes, Matthew ^b   Ngorosho, Damaris ^c   Khilma, Charles ^c   Bundy, Donald A P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Tanzanian Partnership for Child Development UKUMTA   (Tanzania)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 20144385899     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20142     Document Type: Article

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