A malaria control program's effect on paediatric transfusion

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-318

  Delaney, Meghan ^a   Somuah, D ^b  

^a PUGET SOUND BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b Anglogold Ashanti Hospital/Edwin Cade Memorial Hospital   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Ghana; Global health; Malaria; Paediatric transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICA; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 77958497276     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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