Iron supplementation increases prevalence and effects of malaria: Report on clinical studies in Papua New Guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 603-612

  Oppenheimer, Stephen J ^a,b   David Gibson, F ^b   Macfarlane, Sarah B ^a   Moody, John B ^a   Harrison, Cathy ^a   Spencer, Ann ^b   Bunari, Olivia ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RETICULOCYTE; SEASON;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; IRON; MALARIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RETICULOCYTES; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023003835     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(86)90154-9     Document Type: Article

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