Dietary micronutrients are associated with higher cognitive function gains among primary school children in rural Kenya

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1378-1387

  Gewa, Constance A ^a   Weiss, Robert E ^b   Bwibo, Nimrod O ^c   Whaley, Shannon ^d   Sigman, Marian ^d   Murphy, Suzanne P ^e   Harrison, Gail ^b   Neumann, Charlotte G ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive gains; Dietary micronutrients; Kenya; School children

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS ION; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGIT SPAN TOTAL TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VERBAL MEANING TEST; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 67649386366     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508066804     Document Type: Article

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