Local concepts of anemia-related illnesses and public health implications in the Taabo health demographic surveillance system, Côte d'Ivoire

BMC Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kouadio, M'Bra KD ^a   Righetti, Aurélie A ^b,c   Abé, Noël N ^a   Wegmüller, Rita ^d   Weiss, Mitchell G ^b,c   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^e,f   Utzinger, Jürg ^b  

^a Burkina Faso   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Anemia; Behavior; Blood; Cross sectional study; Cultural concepts; C te d'Ivoire; Etiology; Knowledge; Mixed methods approach; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTHORITY; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRADITIONAL HEALER;

EID: 85015459038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1839-13-5     Document Type: Article

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