Decline in childhood iron deficiency after interruption of malaria transmission in highland Kenya

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 968-973

  Frosch, Anne E P ^a   Ondigo, Bartholomew N ^b,c   Ayodo, George A ^c   Vulule, John M ^c   John, Chandy C ^a,c   Cusick, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PREVALENCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TRANSMISSION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOMARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS;

EID: 84907306182     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.087114     Document Type: Article

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