Geophagy, iron status and anaemia among primary school children in Western Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 529-534

  Geissler, P Wenzel ^a   Mwaniki, David L ^b   Thiong'o, Frederick ^c   Michaelsen, Kim F ^d   Friis, Henrik ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ferritin; Geophagy; Haemoglobin; Hookworm; Iron deficiency; Kenya; Malaria; Pica; School children

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANAEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; GEOGRAPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHOOL CHILDREN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITISM; PICA;

ADOLESCENT; ALUMINUM; ANEMIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; KENYA; MALE; PICA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; ZINC;

KENYA;

EID: 0031858860     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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