Anaemia in African children: Malaria or iron deficiency? [9]

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9376, 2003, Pages 2249-2250

  Verhoef, Hans ^a,b   West, Clive E ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; INSECTICIDE; IRON; MALOPRIM; VACCINE;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; KENYA; LETTER; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 0037829890     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13760-9     Document Type: Letter

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