Anemia as a risk factor for infectious diseases in infants and toddlers: Results from a prospective study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-284

  Levy, Amalia ^b   Fraser, Drora ^a   Rosen, Shirley D ^b   Dagan, Ron ^b   Deckelbaum, Richard J ^b   Coles, Christian ^b   Naggan, Lechaim ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Cohort study; Diarrhea; Negev Bedouins; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA; ARABS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17644366145     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-6515-6     Document Type: Article

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