Post-neonatal infant mortality in Malawi: The importance of maternal health

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-169

  Verhoeff, Francine H ^a   Le Cessie, Saskia ^b   Kalanda, Boniface F ^a,d   Kazembe, Peter N ^e   Broadhead, Robin L ^d   Brabin, Bernard J ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INFECTION CONTROL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PLACENTA; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3042684382     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013448     Document Type: Article

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