Relative roles of genetic factors, dietary deficiency, and infection in anaemia in Vanuatu, South-West Pacific.
Hypochromic anaemia is very common among the island populations of Vanuatu in the South-West Pacific. Results of a large-scale survey show that, unexpectedly, this form of anaemia is seldom due to iron deficiency or coexistent parasitic disease. Rather, it results from a previously unsuspected high...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1985
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