Severe anaemia in children living in a malaria endemic area of Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-178

  Newton, C R J C ^a,b,f   Warn, P A ^a,c   Winstanley, P A ^a,d   Peshu, N ^a   Snow, R W ^a,d   Pasvol, G ^a,e   Marsh, K ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Wolfson Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; anaemia; child; falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0031051670     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-238.x     Document Type: Article

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