An update on anemia in less developed countries

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-51

  Tolentino, Karine ^b   Friedman, Jennifer F ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; METRIFONATE; PRAZIQUANTEL; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LACTATION; MALARIA; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THALASSEMIA; TRICHURIS; XEROSIS; COST OF ILLNESS;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 34548786074     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.44     Document Type: Review

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