Recognition of pallor associated with severe anaemia by primary caregivers in western Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 831-839

  Desai, Meghna R ^a   Phillips Howard, P A ^b   Terlouw, D J ^b   Wannemuehler, K A ^b   Odhacha, A ^b   Kariuki, S K ^b   Nahlen, B L ^b   Ter Kuile, F O ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Childhood anaemia; Pallor; Recognition; Western Kenya

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH WORKER;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CAREGIVER; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING; EYELID; HAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAIL BED; NEWBORN; PALLOR; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; SYMPTOM; TONGUE;

ANEMIA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MOTHERS; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

KENYA;

EID: 0036399710     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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