Journal article
Impact of malaria control on childhood anaemia in Africa -- a quantitative review.
- Abstract:
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OBJECTIVE: To review the impact of malaria control on haemoglobin (Hb) distributions and anaemia prevalences in children under 5 in malaria-endemic Africa. METHODS: Literature review of community-based studies of insecticide-treated bednets, antimalarial chemoprophylaxis and insecticide residual spraying that reported the impact on childhood anaemia. Anaemia outcomes were standardized by conversion of packed cell volumes into Hb values assuming a fixed threefold difference, and by estimation...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Tropical medicine and international health : TM and IH
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 1050-1065
- Publication date:
- 2004-10-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-3156
- ISSN:
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1360-2276
- Source identifiers:
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39255
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:39255
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- pubs:39255
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2004
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