Effects of nutritional status on academic performance of Malaysian primary school children

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Anuar Zaini, M Z ^a   Lim, C T ^a   Low, W Y ^a   Harun, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Child growth; Intellectual ability; Nutritional status; School children

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844502363     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950501700204     Document Type: Article

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