The association between protein-energy malnutrition, malaria morbidity and all-cause mortality in West African children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 507-511

  Müller, Olaf ^a   Garenne, Michel ^b   Kouyaté, Bocar ^c   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Ctr de Rech en S de Nouna   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Malaria; Malnutrition; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

BURKINA FASO;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037974261     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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