The impact of water consumption on hydration and cognition among schoolchildren: Methods and results from a crossover trial in rural Mali

Adequate provision of safe water, basic sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities and behavior change can reduce pupil absence and infectious disease. Increased drinking water quantity may also improve educational outcomes through the effect of hydration on attention, concentration, and short-term m...

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Main Authors: Chard, Anna N, Trinies, Victoria, Edmonds, Caroline J, Sogore, Assitan, Freeman, Matthew C
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Adolescent
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Child
Children
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition - physiology
Cognitive ability
Cross-Over Studies
Dehydration
Drinking - physiology
Drinking water
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Elementary school students
Elementary schools
Female
Gravity
Health aspects
Humans
Hydration
Hygiene
Hygiene - standards
Infectious diseases
Male
Mali
Medicine and Health Sciences
Multivariate Analysis
People and Places
Pilot Projects
Psychological aspects
Sanitation
Sanitation - methods
Sanitation - standards
Schools
Short term memory
Social Sciences
Specific gravity
Statistical analysis
Students
Students - statistics & numerical data
Studies
Urine
Water consumption
Water supply
Water Supply - standards
Water Supply - statistics & numerical data
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subjects Adolescent
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Child
Children
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition - physiology
Cognitive ability
Cross-Over Studies
Dehydration
Drinking - physiology
Drinking water
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Elementary school students
Elementary schools
Female
Gravity
Health aspects
Humans
Hydration
Hygiene
Hygiene - standards
Infectious diseases
Male
Mali
Medicine and Health Sciences
Multivariate Analysis
People and Places
Pilot Projects
Psychological aspects
Sanitation
Sanitation - methods
Sanitation - standards
Schools
Short term memory
Social Sciences
Specific gravity
Statistical analysis
Students
Students - statistics & numerical data
Studies
Urine
Water consumption
Water supply
Water Supply - standards
Water Supply - statistics & numerical data
title The impact of water consumption on hydration and cognition among schoolchildren: Methods and results from a crossover trial in rural Mali
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