Malaria in pregnancy as an indirect cause of infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 569-576

  Guyatt, Helen L ^a   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Infants; Literature search; Low birthweight; Malaria; Neonatal mortality; Plancental infection; Pregnancy; Sub Saharan Africa, Kenya

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARITY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035723430     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90082-3     Document Type: Article

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