Supplemental feeding during pregnancy compared with maternal supplementation during lactation does not affect schooling and cognitive development through late adolescence

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-129

  Alderman, Harold ^a,b   Hawkesworth, Sophie ^c,d   Lundberg, Mattias ^a   Tasneem, Afia ^a   Mark, Henry ^c,d   Moore, Sophie E ^c,d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD AND BACKWARD DIGIT SPAN TEST; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATURITY; MILL HILL VOCABULARY TEST; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAVEN PROGRESSIVE MATRICES TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891375271     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.063404     Document Type: Article

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