Effect of deworming on indices of health, cognition, and education among schoolchildren in rural China: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1478-1489

  Liu, Chengfang ^a   Lu, Louise ^b,e   Zhang, Linxiu ^c   Luo, Renfu ^a   Sylvia, Sean ^d   Medina, Alexis ^e   Rozelle, Scott ^e   Smith, Darvin Scott ^f   Chen, Yingdan ^g   Zhu, Tingjun ^g  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANEMIA; ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WORKING MEMORY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 85020468660     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0354     Document Type: Article

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