Assessment of iron status among preschool children (6 to 59 months) with and without malaria in Western Province, Kenya

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kisiangani, Isaac ^a   Mbakaya, Charles ^b   Makokha, Anzelimo ^a   Magu, Dennis ^a  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin; Plasmodium falciparum malaria; Preschool children; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84946903352     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.21.62.4560     Document Type: Article

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