Severe Anemia in Malawian Children

C. J. Calis, Job; S. Phiri, Kamija; Brian Faragher, E.; J. Brabin, Bernard; Bates, Imelda; E. Cuevas, Luís; J. de Haan, Rob; Phiri, Ajib; Malange, Pelani; Khoka, Mirriam; J. M. Hulshof, Paul; van Lieshout, Lisette; Beld, Marcel; Ying Teo, Yik; A. Rockett, Kirk; Richardson, Anna; Kwiatkowski, Dominic; E. Molyneux, Malcolm; Boele van Hensbroek, Michaël

doi:10.1056/nejmoa072727

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Severe Anemia in Malawian Children

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Feb 27, 2008

Authors:

Job C. J. Calis

Kamija S. Phiri

E. Brian Faragher

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Severe anemia is a major cause of sickness and death in African children, yet the causes of anemia in this population have been inadequately studied. METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of 381 preschool children with severe anemia (hemoglobin concentration, <5.0 g per deciliter) a...

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Odds ratio

Medicine

Anemia

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