Prospective assessment of mortality among a cohort of pregnant women in rural Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 66-70

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

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

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

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0029684411     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.66     Document Type: Article

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