The effects of malaria control on nutritional status in infancy

Acta Tropica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Snow, R W ^a,b,c   Molyneux, C S ^a,b   Njeru, E K ^d   Omumbo, J ^a   Nevill, C G ^e   Muniu, E ^a   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

childhood; insecticide treated bed nets; malaria; nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

BEDDING AND LINENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031005843     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00601-8     Document Type: Article

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