Mapping the risk of anaemia in preschool-age children: the contribution of malnutrition, malaria, and helminth infections in West Africa.

BACKGROUND: Childhood anaemia is considered a severe public health problem in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated the geographical distribution of prevalence of anaemia and mean haemoglobin concentration (Hb) in children aged 1-4 y (preschool children) in West Africa. The aim was t...

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Những tác giả chính: Ricardo J Soares Magalhães, Archie C A Clements
Định dạng: Bài viết
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Loạt:PLoS Medicine
Truy cập trực tuyến:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3110251?pdf=render