Malaria and low birth weight in central Sudan

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 318-325

  Taha, Taha El Tahir ^a   Gray, Ronald H ^b   Mohamedani, Ahmed Abdalla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JUBA   (Sudan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Infant; Low birth weight; Malaria; Parasitology; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; PARITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDAN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027247732     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116861     Document Type: Article

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