Early childhood diarrhoeal diseases and cognition: Are we missing the rest of the iceberg?

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 295-307

  Macintyre, Jessica ^a   McTaggart, Jennifer ^a   Guerrant, Richard L ^b   Goldfarb, David M ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Diarrhoeal disease; Diseases of poverty; Early childhood development; Enteric infections; Gut health; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAPITAL; CHILD DEATH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; KWASHIORKOR; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALABSORPTION; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; SHIGELLA; VACCINATION; WATER QUALITY; WELLBEING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; HEALTH; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION;

EID: 84919326730     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905514Y.0000000141     Document Type: Article

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