A birthweight nomogram for Africa, as a malaria-control indicator

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Brabin, B J ^a,b   Agbaje, S O F ^a   Ahmed, Y ^c   Briggs, N D ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Maternal and Child Health Centre   (Ghana)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MONITORING; NOMOGRAM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033374964     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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