Stunting, selenium deficiency and anemia are associated with poor cognitive performance in preschool children from rural Ethiopia

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gashu, Dawd ^a   Stoecker, Barbara J ^b   Bougma, Karim ^c   Adish, Abdulaziz ^d   Haki, Gulelat D ^e   Marquis, Grace S ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^e BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Anemia; Anthropometry; Children; Cognition; Iron; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SELENIUM;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL AREA; SCHOOL READINESS TEST; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WECHSLER PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; GROWTH DISORDERS; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRON; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; SELENIUM; THINNESS;

EID: 84963812635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-016-0155-z     Document Type: Article

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