Significance of travel to rural areas as a risk factor for malarial anemia in an urban setting

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-397

  Siri, Jose G ^a   Wilson, Mark L ^b   Murray, Susan ^b   Rosen, Daniel H ^c   Vulule, John M ^d   Slutsker, Laurence ^c   Lindblade, Kim A ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e Centers for Diseases Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 77949861577     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0047     Document Type: Article

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