Plasmodium falciparum, anaemia and cognitive and educational performance among school children in an area of moderate malaria transmission: Baseline results of a cluster randomized trial on the coast of Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 532-549

  Halliday, Katherine E ^a   Karanja, Peris ^b   Turner, Elizabeth L ^a   Okello, George ^b   Njagi, Kiambo ^c   Dubeck, Margaret M ^d   Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Jukes, Matthew C H ^e   Brooker, Simon J ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^d School of Business   (United States)

^e HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cognition; Educational achievement; Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium; School children; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BASELINE SURVEY; CHILD HEALTH; COASTAL ZONE; COGNITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROGENEITY; INFECTIVITY; LITERACY; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PROTOZOAN; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ATTENTION; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO NETS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

KENYA;

EID: 84859943490     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02971.x     Document Type: Article

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