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Cross-sectional relationship between haemoglobin concentration and measures of physical and cognitive function in an older rural South African population

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  • Collin F Payne Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Justine I Davies School of Population Sciences and Health Services Research, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Centre for Global Health, King’s College London, London, UK Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • F Xavier Gomez-Olive Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Katherine J Hands Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kathleen Kahn Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Epidemiology and Global Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lindsay C Kobayashi Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brent Tipping Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephen M Tollman Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana Epidemiology and Global Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alisha Wade Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Miles D Witham Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Ageing and Health, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Miles D Witham, Ageing and Health, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK; m.witham{at}dundee.ac.uk
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Payne CF, Davies JI, Gomez-Olive FX, et al
Cross-sectional relationship between haemoglobin concentration and measures of physical and cognitive function in an older rural South African population
J Epidemiol Community Health 2018;72:796-802.

Publication history

  • Received January 8, 2018
  • Revised April 2, 2018
  • Accepted April 10, 2018
  • First published April 21, 2018.
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August 09, 2018

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