Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries

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Volumn 369, Issue 9556, 2007, Pages 145-157

  Walker, Susan P ^a   Wachs, Theodore D ^b   Meeks Gardner, Julie ^a   Lozoff, Betsy ^c   Wasserman, Gail A ^d   Pollitt, Ernesto ^e   Carter, Julie A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOMBIA; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING SYNDROME; TANZANIA; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBALIZATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846100716     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60076-2     Document Type: Review

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