Anemia in remote interior communities in Sarawak, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 373-377

  Sagin, D D ^a   Ismail, G ^a   Mohamad, M ^a   Pang, E K H ^b   Sya, O T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036594305     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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