Hemoglobin levels and the risk of malaria in Papua New Guinean infants: A nested cohort study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1770-1776

  Lombardo, Patrick ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^b,c   Rarau, Patricia ^d   Mueller, Ivo ^e   Favrat, Bernard ^a   Senn, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^d PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEAN; PLASMODIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85037027162     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0093     Document Type: Article

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