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An Analysis Of Anemia And Child Mortality, B.J. Brabin, Zul Premji, F. Verhoeff
An Analysis Of Anemia And Child Mortality, B.J. Brabin, Zul Premji, F. Verhoeff
Pathology, East Africa
The relationship of anemia as a risk factor for child mortality was analyzed by using cross-sectional, longitudinal and case-control studies, and randomized trials. Five methods of estimation were adopted: 1) the proportion of child deaths attributable to anemia; 2) the proportion of anemic children who die in hospital studies; 3) the population-attributable risk of child mortality due to anemia; 4) survival analyses of mortality in anemic children; and 5) cause-specific anemia-related child mortality. Most of the data available were hospital based. For children aged 0-5 y the percentage of deaths due to anemia was comparable for reports from highly malarious …