The impact of insecticide-treated bednets on malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in Kassena-Nankana district, Ghana: A randomized controlled trial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 667-676

  Browne, E N L ^a,c   Maude, G H ^b   Binka, F N ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

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

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ghana; Insecticide treated bednets; Low birthweight; Malaria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ANAEMIA; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; PREGNANCY;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT CONTROL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHLOROQUINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

GHANA;

INSECTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034851711     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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