History of anemia and long-term mortality due to infection: a cohort study with 12 years follow-up in South Korea

Abstract Background Anemia, which is a condition with reduced healthy red blood cells, is reported to be closely related to the development of infectious diseases. We aimed to investigate the association between history of anemia and 12-year mortality rate due to infections, and compare it with that...

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Main Authors: Tak Kyu Oh, Kyung-Ho Song, In-Ae Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06377-0