Malaria in pregnancy: Adverse effects on haemoglobin levels and birthweight in primigravidae and multigravidae

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 770-778

  Shulman, C E ^a   Marshall, T ^a   Dorman, E K ^b   Bulmer, J N ^c   Cutts, F ^a   Peshu, N ^d   Marsh, K ^d,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Birthweight; Low birthweight; Malaria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR; SMEAR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034772217     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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