Stunting, poor iron status and parasite infection are significant risk factors for lower cognitive performance in Cambodian school-aged children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Perignon, Marlene ^a   Fiorentino, Marion ^a   Kuong, Khov ^b   Burja, Kurt ^c   Parker, Megan ^d   Sisokhom, Sek ^e   Chamnan, Chhoun ^b   Berger, Jacques ^a   Wieringa, Frank T ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Department of Fisheries Post Harvest Technologies and Quality Control Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (Cambodia)

^c United Nations World Food Programme   (Cambodia)

^d PATH   (United States)

^e ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAMBODIAN; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAVEN COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRIX; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; URINE LEVEL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAMBODIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; PARASITIC DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84913548736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112605     Document Type: Article

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