Hemoglobin, growth, and attention of infants in Southern Ethiopia

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1238-1251

  Aubuchon Endsley, Nicki L ^a   Grant, Stephanie L ^a   Berhanu, Getenesh ^a   Thomas, David G ^a   Schrader, Sarah E ^b   Eldridge, Devon ^a   Kennedy, Tay ^a   Hambidge, Michael ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTENTION; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79960193486     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01596.x     Document Type: Article

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