Etiology of anemia among infants, school-aged children, and young non-pregnant women in different settings of South-Central Côte d'Ivoire

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-434

  Righetti, Aurélie A ^a,e   Koua, Ahou Yah G ^b,e   Adiossan, Lukas G ^c,e   Glinz, Dominik ^d,e   Hurrell, Richard F ^d,e   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^b,e   Niamké, Sébastien ^b,e   Wegmüller, Rita ^d,e   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Hôpital Général de Taabo   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA; VERMES;

EID: 84866004634     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0788     Document Type: Article

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