Evaluation of clinical signs to diagnose anaemia in Uganda and Bangladesh, in areas with and without malaria

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 103-111

  Kalter, H D ^a   Burnham, G ^a   Kolstad, P R ^a   Hossain, M ^b   Schillinger, J A ^c   Khan, N Z ^b   Saha, S ^b   De Wit, V ^a   Kenya Mugisha, N ^d   Schwartz, B ^c   Black, R E ^a  

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

^b DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MALARIA;

ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PALLOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UGANDA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; 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; 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; SOUTHERN ASIA; UGANDA; YOUTH;

ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

BANGLADESH; UGANDA;

EID: 0031873250     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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