In-hospital morbidity and mortality due to malaria-associated severe anaemia in two areas of Malawi with different patterns of malaria infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 548-551

  Slutsker, Laurence ^a   Taylor, Terrie E ^b   Wirima, Jack J ^c   Steketee, Richard W ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENSITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAWI; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 0028090344     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90157-0     Document Type: Article

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