A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of the impact of malaria prevention on the educational attainment of school children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-393

  Fernando, Deepika ^a   De Silva, Damani ^a   Carter, Richard ^b   Mendis, Kamini N ^c   Wickremasinghe, Rajitha ^d  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PLACEBO; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATHEMATICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SRI LANKA; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33645961920     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.386     Document Type: Article

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