Iron fortification and malaria risk in children

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 914-915

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b   Verhoef, Hans ^a,b,c   Cerami, Carla ^d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84883390077     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.6771     Document Type: Editorial

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