Does Childhood Diarrhea Influence Cognition Beyond the Diarrhea-Stunting Pathway?

Diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity among children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries yet the additional effects and sequelae, such as cognitive impairment associated with diarrhea, have not been quantified. We quantified the association between diarrhea prevalence and cog...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 7; no. 10; p. e47908
Main Authors:	Fischer Walker, Christa L., Lamberti, Laura, Adair, Linda, Guerrant, Richard L., Lescano, Andres G., Martorell, Reynaldo, Pinkerton, Relana C., Black, Robert E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 31.10.2012 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Age Analysis Anthropometry Biology Body measurements Caregivers Child Child & adolescent psychiatry Child development Child, Preschool Childhood Children Children & youth Cognition Cognition & reasoning Cognition Disorders - complications Cognition Disorders - epidemiology Cognition Disorders - etiology Cognitive ability Cognitive development Complications Construction standards Datasets Diarrhea Diarrhea - complications Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - physiopathology Epidemiology Family income Female Health surveillance Households Humans Infections Infectious diseases Linear Models Male Malnutrition Medicine Meta-analysis Morbidity Mortality Nutrition Population studies Public health Regression analysis Regression coefficients Regression models Socioeconomic factors Studies Surveillance Variables United States > US Peru Maryland Virginia Baltimore Maryland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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