Impact of El Niño and malaria on birthweight in two areas of Tanzania with different malaria transmission patterns

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1311-1319

  Wort, Ulrika Uddenfeldt ^a   Hastings, Ian M ^b   Carlstedt, Anders ^c   Mutabingwa, T K ^d,e   Brabin, Bernard J ^b,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Low birthweight; Malaria; Primigravidae; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

EL NINO; HEALTH IMPACT; MALARIA; PREGNANCY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EL NINO; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEWBORN; PARITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TANZANIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WEATHER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAGERA; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

EID: 12344255850     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh256     Document Type: Article

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