Iron and infection in the tropics: Paediatric clinical correlates

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Oppenheimer, S J ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Liverpool Sch of Tropical Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN;

CHILD HEALTH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; AGE; ANEMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRON CHELATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 0031725702     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747985     Document Type: Review

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