Cognitive performances of anemic children aged 6 to 11 years in an urban area of northwestern Morocco;Performances cognitives des enfants anémiques âgés de 6 à 11 ans en milieu urbain du nord-ouest Marocain

Journal de Therapie Comportementale et Cognitive

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Aboussaleh, Y ^a   Ahami, A O T ^a,d   Bonthoux, F ^b   Marendaz, C ^b   Valdois, S ^b   Rusinek, S ^c  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cognition; Iron deficiency; Morocco; School children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746872918     PISSN: 11551704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1155-1704(06)70198-7     Document Type: Article

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