Severe anemia in young children after high and low malaria transmission seasons in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 670-674

  Koram, K A ^a   Owusu Agyei, S ^a   Utz, G ^a   Binka, F N ^a   Baird, J K ^a   Hoffman, S L ^a   Nkrumah, F K ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

EID: 0034456626     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.670     Document Type: Article

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