Epidemiology of iron deficiency anemia in Zanzibari schoolchildren: The importance of hookworms

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a   Chwaya, Hababu M ^b   Tielsch, James M ^b   Schulze, Kerry J ^b   Albonico, Marco ^b   Savioli, Lorenzo ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

anemia; ascariasis; geohelminths; hookworms; Humans; iron deficiency; malaria; schistosomias is; schoolchildren; trichuriasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0031014002     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.1.153     Document Type: Article

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