Malaria and anaemia at different altitudes in the Muheza district of Tanzania: Childhood morbidity in relation to level of exposure to infection

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 741-753

  Ellman, R ^a   Maxwell, C ^b,c   Finch, R ^c   Shayo, D ^c   Lewis, J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ubwari Field Station   (Tanzania)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; ZOOLOGY;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032323706     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813336     Document Type: Article

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