Clinical signs for the recognition of children with moderate or severe anaemia in western Kenya

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 97-102

  Zucker, J R ^a,b   Perkins, B A ^c   Jafari, H ^c   Otieno, J ^d   Obonyo, C ^e   Campbell, C C ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d Siaya District Hospital   (Kenya)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NAIL BED; PALLOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; KENYA; MALARIA; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; YOUTH;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LEUKOCYTES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

KENYA;

EID: 0031872591     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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