Prenatal micronutrient supplementation is not associated with intellectual development of young school-aged children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1844-1849

  Li, Chao ^a   Zeng, Lingxia ^a   Wang, Duolao ^b   Yang, Wenfang ^a   Dang, Shaonong ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Yan, Hong ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Therapeutic Vaccines Engineering Center of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Intellectual development; Longitudinal study; Prenatal micronutrient supplementation; Rural China; Young school aged children

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FULL SCALE INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTUAL REASONING INDEX; PROCESSING SPEED INDEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL COMPREHENSION INDEX; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY INDEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; IRON; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84938904222     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.207795     Document Type: Article

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