Association between anaemia, iron deficiency anaemia, neglected parasitic infections and socioeconomic factors in rural children of West Malaysia.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on March 06, 2012

Authors

Romano Ngui1, Yvonne Ai Lian Lim, Liam Chong Kin, Chow Sek Chuen, Shukri Jaffar

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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