Estimating the burden of iron deficiency among African children

BMC Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Muriuki, John Muthii ^a,b   Mentzer, Alexander J ^c   Webb, Emily L ^d   Morovat, Alireza ^e   Kimita, Wandia ^a   Ndungu, Francis M ^a   Macharia, Alex W ^a   Crane, Rosie J ^a,c   Berkley, James A ^a,c   Lule, Swaib A ^d   Cutland, Clare ^f   Sirima, Sodiomon B ^g   Diarra, Amidou ^g   Tiono, Alfred B ^g   Bejon, Philip ^a,c   Madhi, Shabir A ^f   Hill, Adrian V S ^c,h   Prentice, Andrew M ⁱ   Suchdev, Parminder S ^j   Elliott, Alison M ^d   Williams, Thomas N ^a,c,k   Atkinson, Sarah H ^a,c,l   more..

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b Open University   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g Centre de Recherche Action en Sante GRAS   (Burkina Faso)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

African children; Ferritin; Inflammation; Iron deficiency; Malaria; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

AFRICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTOR; AFRICA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AFRICA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 85080056201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-1502-7     Document Type: Article

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