Spatial and social factors drive anemia in Congolese women

Health and Place

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-64

  Messina, Jane P ^a   Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka ^b   Taylor, Steve M ^c,d   Emch, Michael ^e,f   Meshnick, Steven R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Kinshasa General Hospital (HGBK)   (Congo)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Congo; Disease ecology; Malaria; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALARIA; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

ANEMIA; CONGO; DISEASE ECOLOGY; MALARIA; MULTILEVEL MODELS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CONGO; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884179507     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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