Effect of a 12-mo micronutrient intervention on learning and memory in well-nourished and marginally nourished school-aged children: 2 Parallel, randomized, placebo-controlled studies in Australia and Indonesia

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1082-1093

  Osendarp, Saskia J M ^c   Baghurst, Katrine I ^a   Bryan, Janet ^a   Calvaresi, Eva ^a   Hughes, Donna ^a   Hussaini, Mahdin ^b   Karyadi, Elvina ^b   Van Klinken, B Jan Willem ^c   Van Der Knaap, Henk C M ^c   Lukito, Widjaja ^b   Mikarsa, Hera ^b   Transler, Catherine ^c   Wilson, Carlene ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Fatty acids; Micronutrients; School aged children

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDONESIA; LEARNING; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 35148841458     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.4.1082     Document Type: Article

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