Predictors of mortality in Gambian children with severe malaria anaemia

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-359

  Bojang, K A ^a   Boele Van Hensbroek, M ^b   Palmer, A ^a   Banya, W A S ^b   Jaffar, S ^b   Greenwood, B M ^b,c  

^a Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEMIA; CHILD MORTALITY; MALRIA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK FACTOR;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0030829884     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747910     Document Type: Article

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