Once-weekly and 5-days a week iron supplementation differentially affect cognitive function but not school performance in Thai children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2349-2354

  Sungthong, Rassamee ^a   Mo Suwan, Ladda ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^a   Geater, Alan F ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Intermittent iron supplementation; IQ; School performance

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; PLACEBO;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TABLET FORMULATION; THAILAND;

EID: 4444290948     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.9.2349     Document Type: Article

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