The etiology of severe anemia in a village and a periurban area in Mali

Blood

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1198-1200

  Dicko, Alassane ^c   Klion, Amy D ^c   Théra, Mahamadou A ^c   Sagara, Issaka ^c   Yalcouyé, Daniel ^c   Niambele, Mohamed B ^c   Sogoba, Moussa ^c   Dolo, Guimogo ^c   Dao, Adama ^c   Diallo, Dapa A ^c   Doumbo, Ogobara K ^a   Miller, Louis H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALI; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3843127460     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-11-3884     Document Type: Article

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