Exploring the relationship between chronic undernutrition and asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian children.

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Published in Malar J on February 02, 2010

Authors

Benjamin T Crookston1, Stephen C Alder, Isaac Boakye, Ray M Merrill, John H Amuasi, Christina A Porucznik, Joseph B Stanford, Ty T Dickerson, Kirk A Dearden, Devon C Hale, Justice Sylverken, Bryce S Snow, Alex Osei-Akoto, Daniel Ansong

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, 375 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA. benjamin.crookston@utah.edu

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