Increased risk for malaria in chronically malnuurished children under 5 years of age in rural gambia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-83

  Deen, J L ^a   Walraven, G E L ^a   von Seidlein, L ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; GENDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0036240963     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.2.78     Document Type: Article

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