Does Childhood Diarrhea Influence Cognition Beyond the Diarrhea-Stunting Pathway?
PLoS ONEPublished 31 October 2012Open access
Christa L. Fischer Walker, Laura Lamberti, Linda S. Adair, Richard L. Guerrant, Andrés G. Lescano, Reynaldo Martorell
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The links between diarrhea, stunting, and cognition provide additional rationale for accelerating interventions to reduce diarrhea and demonstrate an association between diarrhea and cognition with stunting included in the model.
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We did not demonstrate an association between diarrhea and cognition with stunting included in the model. The links between diarrhea, stunting, and cognition provide additional rationale for accelerating interventions to reduce diarrhea.
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