The prevalence of hookworm infection, iron deficiency and anaemia in an Aboriginal community in north-west Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 241-244

  Hopkins, Richard M ^a   Gracey, Michael S ^b   Hobbs, Russell P ^a   Spargo, Randolph M ^b   Yates, Mark ^c   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Health Department of Western Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030970822     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140103.x     Document Type: Article

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