Anemia, iron deficiency, meat consumption, and hookworm infection in women of reproductive age in northwest Vietnam

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-381

  Pasricha, Sant Rayn ^a,b,c   Caruana, Sonia R ^a,c   Phuc, Tran Q ^d   Casey, Gerard J ^a,c   Jolley, Damien ^e   Kingsland, Sally ^e   Tien, Nong T ^d   MacGregor, Lachlan ^a   Montresor, Antonio ^f   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a,c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; RISK FACTOR; VIET NAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; MATERNAL AGE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MEAT; ODDS RATIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 42949172388     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.375     Document Type: Article

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