Editorial: Micronutrient supplementation for malaria control - Hype or hope?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-3

  Müller, Olaf ^a   Jahn, Albrecht ^a   Von Braun, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron; Malaria control; Malnutrition; Micronutrient supplementation; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WATER MANAGEMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 0036358562     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00834.x     Document Type: Editorial

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