Severe anaemia in west African children: Malaria or malnutrition? [18]

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9351, 2003, Pages 86-87

  Müller, Olaf ^a   Traoré, Corneílle ^b   Jahn, Albrecht ^a   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037417494     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12154-X     Document Type: Letter

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