Characteristics of severe anemia and its association with malaria in young children of the Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-377

  Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a   Fryauff, David J ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Koram, Kwadwo A ^a   Binka, Fred N ^a   Nkrumah, Francis K ^a   Utz, Greg C ^a   Hoffman, Stephen L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036807028     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.371     Document Type: Article

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