Approaches to treating malarial anaemia

Vox Sanguinis, Supplement

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Bates, Imelda ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALARIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; TANZANIA;

EID: 4444328640     PISSN: 17416892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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