Malaria-related maternal mortality in urban Mozambique

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-263

  Granja, A C ^a   Machungo, F ^b   Gomes, A ^c   Bergstrom S ^d   Brabin, B ^e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c Reg Centre for Sanitary Development   (Mozambique)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031971977     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989859816     Document Type: Article

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