Causes of anaemia in african children aged 5 to 10 years;Étiologies de l'anémie chez l'enfant africain de 5 à 10 ans

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-230

  Mbanya, Dora ^a,b   Tagny, Claude Tayou ^a   Akamba, Anastasie ^b   Mekongo, Martin Ondoua ^b,c   Tetanye, Ekoe ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Hopital Central de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Aetiologies; Anaemia; Cameroon; Children

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70350550112     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/san.2008.0132     Document Type: Article

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