Nutritional status of young children with inherited blood disorders in Western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 955-962

  Tsang, Becky L ^a   Sullivan, Kevin M ^b   Ruth, Laird J ^a   Williams, Thomas N ^c   Suchdev, Parminder S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH DISORDER; HAPTOGLOBIN 2 2; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHERITED BLOOD DISORDER; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84900460326     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0496     Document Type: Article

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