The impact of a national impregnated bed net programme on the outcome of pregnancy in primigravidae in The Gambia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 487-492

  D'Alessandro, U ^a,b   Langerock, P ^a   Bennett, S ^c   Francis, N ^d   Cham, Kabir ^e   Greenwood, B M ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Insecticide treated bed nets; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029964733     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90289-8     Document Type: Article

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