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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Hlavní autoři: Bowden, D, Hill, A, Higgs, D, Weatherall, D, Clegg, J
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: 1985