Pediatric anemia in rural ghana: A cross-sectional study of prevalence and risk factors

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 308-317

  VanBuskirk, Kelley ^d   Ofosu, Anthony ^a   Kennedy, Amy ^b   Denno, Donna ^c  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Ghana; Hemoglobin; Hemoglobinopathy; Malaria

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; COMPLICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905446779     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu020     Document Type: Article

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