Hemoquant determination of hookworm-related blood loss and its role in iron deficiency in African children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-404

  Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a   Albonico, Marco ^b   Chwaya, Hababu Mohammad ^c   Savioli, Lorenzo ^b   Tielsch, James ^a   Schulze, Kerry ^a   Yip, Ray ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c and Children   (Tanzania)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0029961305     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.399     Document Type: Article

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