The effect of malaria and malaria prevention in pregnancy on offspring birthweight, prematurity, and intrauterine growth retardation in Rural Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 33-41

  Steketee, Richard W ^a   Wirima, Jack J ^b   Hightower, Allen W ^c   Slutsker, Laurence ^d   Heymann, David L ^e   Breman, Joel G ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e World Health Orgnaization   (Switzerland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MEFLOQUINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029681079     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.33     Document Type: Article

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