Soil-transmitted helminths in Southwestern China: A cross-sectional study of links to cognitive ability, nutrition, and school performance among children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Chengfang ^a   Luo, Renfu ^a   Yi, Hongmei ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Li, Shaoping ^a,b   Bai, Yunli ^a,b   Medina, Alexis ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Smith, Scott ^d   Wang, Guofei ^e   Wang, Jujun ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SOIL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL;

EID: 84934760111     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003877     Document Type: Article

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