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Prevalence and factors associated with severe anaemia amongst under-five children hospitalized at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Anaemia is a major public health problem in developing countries, contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality amongst children under-five years of age. About 43 % of under-fives are anaemic worldwide, and two-thirds reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Even where blood transfusion is...

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Autores principales: Simbauranga, Rehema H., Kamugisha, Erasmus, Hokororo, Adolfine, Kidenya, Benson R., Makani, Julie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4603816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26464799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12878-015-0033-5