Impaired IQ and academic skills in adults who experienced moderate to severe infantile malnutrition: A 40-year study

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 58-64

  Waber, Deborah P ^a   Bryce, Cyralene P ^b   Girard, Jonathan M ^a   Zichlin, Miriam ^c   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^d   Galler, Janina R ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Barbados Nutrition Study   (Barbados)

^c JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; IQ; Malnutrition; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; IQ; MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC;

ADULT; BARBADOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84893383990     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830513Y.0000000061     Document Type: Article

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