Epidemiology of malaria in pregnancy in central India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 567-572

  Singh, N ^a   Shukla, M M ^b   Sharma, V P ^b  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEVER; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MEASUREMENT; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; YOUTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032813122     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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