Iron deficiency and Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1573-1574

  Danquah, Ina ^a   Bedu Addo, George ^b   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN;

ANEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 54949136532     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592449     Document Type: Letter

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