Serum ferritin, erythrocyte protoporphyrin and hemoglobin are valid indicators of iron status of school children in a malaria-holoendemic population

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 293-298

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

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

^b Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ferritin; hemoglobin; humans; iron deficiency; malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031043136     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.2.293     Document Type: Article

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