Early childhood cognitive development is affected by interactions among illness, diet, enteropathogens and the home environment: Findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort study

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Murray Kolb, Laura E ^a,a   Acosta, Angel Mendez ^b   De Burga, Rosa Rios ^b   Chavez, Cesar Banda ^b   Flores, Julian Torres ^b   Olotegui, Maribel Paredes ^b   Pinedo, Silvia Rengifo ^b   Salas, Mery Siguas ^b   Trigoso, Dixner Rengifo ^b   Vasquez, Angel Orbe ^b   Ahmed, Imran ^c   Alam, Didar ^c   Ali, Asad ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^c   Qureshi, Shahida ^c   Rasheed, Muneera ^c   Soofi, Sajid ^c   Turab, Ali ^c   Zaidi, Anita K M ^c   Bodhidatta, Ladaporn ^d   Mason, Carl J ^d   Babji, Sudhir ^e   Bose, Anuradha ^e   George, Ajila T ^e   Hariraju, Dinesh ^e   Jennifer, M Steffi ^e   John, Sushil ^e   Kaki, Shiny ^e   Kang, Gagandeep ^e   Karunakaran, Priyadarshani ^e   Koshy, Beena ^e   Lazarus, Robin P ^e   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^e   Raghava, Mohan Venkata ^e   Raju, Sophy ^e   Ramachandran, Anup ^e   Ramadas, Rakhi ^e   Ramanujam, Karthikeyan ^e   Roshan, Reeba ^e   Sharma, Srujan L ^e   Sundaram, Shanmuga E ^e   Thomas, Rahul J ^e   Pan, William K ^f   Ambikapathi, Ramya ^g   Carreon, J Daniel ^g   Charu, Vivek ^g   Doan, Viyada ^g   Graham, Jhanelle ^g   Hoest, Christel ^g   Knobler, Stacey ^g   Lang, Dennis R ^g   McCormick, Benjamin J J ^g   McGrath, Monica ^g   Miller, Mark A ^g   Mohale, Archana ^g   Nayyar, Gaurvika ^g   Psaki, Stephanie ^g   Rasmussen, Zeba ^g   Richard, Stephanie A ^g   Seidman, Jessica C ^g   Wang, Vivian ^g   Blank, Rebecca ^g   Gottlieb, Michael ^g   Tountas, Karen H ^g   Amour, Caroline ^h   Bayyo, Eliwaza ^h   Mduma, Estomih R ^h   Mvungi, Regisiana ^h   Nshama, Rosemary ^h   Pascal, John ^h   Swema, Buliga Mujaga ^h   Yarrot, Ladislaus ^h   Ahmed, Tahmeed ⁱ   Ahmed, A M Shamsir ⁱ   Haque, Rashidul ⁱ   Hossain, Iqbal ⁱ   Islam, Munirul ⁱ   Mahfuz, Mustafa ⁱ   Mondal, Dinesh ⁱ   Tofail, Fahmida ⁱ   Chandyo, Ram Krishna ^j   Shrestha, Prakash Sunder ^j   Shrestha, Rita ^j   Ulak, Manjeswori ^j   Bauck, Aubrey ^k   Black, Robert E ^k   Caulfield, Laura E ^k   Checkley, William ^g,k   Kosek, Margaret N ^k   Lee, Gwenyth ^k   Schulze, Kerry ^k   Yori, Pablo Peñataro ^k   Catharine Ross, A ^a   Schaefer, Barbara ^a   Simons, Suzanne ^l   Pendergast, Laura ^l   Abreu, Cláudia B ^m   Costa, Hilda ^m   Di Moura, Alessandra ^m   Filho, José Quirino ^m   Havt, Alexandre ^m   Leite, Álvaro M ^m   Lima, Aldo A M ^m   Lima, Noélia L ^m   Lima, Ila F ^m   Maciel, Bruna L L ^m   Medeiros, Pedro H Q S ^m   Moraes, Milena ^m   Mota, Francisco S ^m   Oriá, Reinaldo B ^m   Quetz, Josiane ^m   Soares, Alberto M ^m   Mota, Rosa M S ^m   Patil, Crystal L ⁿ   Bessong, Pascal ^o   Mahopo, Cloupas ^o   Maphula, Angelina ^o   Nyathi, Emanuel ^o   Samie, Amidou ^o   Barrett, Leah ^p   Dillingham, Rebecca ^p   Gratz, Jean ^p   Guerrant, Richard L ^p   Houpt, Eric ^p   Petri, William A ^p   Platts Mills, James ^p   Scharf, Rebecca ^p   Shrestha, Binob ^c,q   Shrestha, Sanjaya Kumar ^q   Strand, Tor ^q,r   Svensen, Erling ^s,t   more..

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^e CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

ⁱ Haydom Lutheran Hospital ^*  (Bangladesh)

^j TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^q Walter Reed/AFRIMS Research Unit   (Nepal)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^s HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^t Haydom Luth Hospital   (Tanzania)

more..

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EID: 85061774162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000752     Document Type: Article

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