Cognitive and motor skills in school-aged children following maternal vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy in rural Nepal: A follow-up of a placebo-controlled, randomised cohort

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Buckley, Gillian J ^a   Murray Kolb, Laura E ^b   Khatry, Subarna K ^c   Leclerq, Steven C ^a   Wu, Lee ^a   West, Keith P ^a   Christian, Parul ^a  

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

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTHER; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WARD;

EID: 84878466262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002000     Document Type: Article

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