Preschool iron-folic acid and zinc supplementation in children exposed to iron-folic acid in utero confers no added cognitive benefit in early school-age

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2042-2048

  Christian, Parul ^a   Morgan, Mary E ^a   Murray Kolb, Laura ^a,b   LeClerq, Steven C ^a,d   Khatry, Subarna K ^d   Schaefer, Barbara ^b   Cole, Pamela M ^c   Katz, Joanne ^a   Tielsch, James M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Nutritional Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Nepal Nutritional Interven tion Project   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STROOP TEST;

EID: 81055148145     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.146480     Document Type: Article

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