Malaria in pregnancy and its consequences for the infant in rural Malawi

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Verhoeff, F H ^a,b   Brabin, B J ^a,c   Chimsuku, L ^a,d   Kazembe, P ^e   Broadhead, R L ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ANEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MALAWI; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0033388417     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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