Nutritional status, hospitalization and mortality among patients with sickle cell anemia in Tanzania

Haematologica

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 948-953

  Cox, Sharon E ^a,b   Makani, Julie ^b,c   Fulford, Anthony J ^a   Komba, Albert N ^b   Soka, Deogratius ^b   Williams, Thomas N ^c,d   Newton, Charles R ^a,b,d,e   Marsh, Kevin ^c,d   Prentice, Andrew M ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Anthropometry; Growth; Morbidity; Mortality; Nutrition; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GROWTH DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STUNTING; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 79959947890     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2010.028167     Document Type: Article

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