Anemia and malaria in a Yanomami Amerindian population from the southern Venezuelan Amazon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 998-1001

  Mato, Sayonara Pérez ^a,b,c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Mavaca   (Venezuela)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; VENEZUELA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032416252     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.998     Document Type: Article

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