Is chloroquine chemoprophylaxis still effective to prevent low birth weight? Results of a study in Benin

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Denoeud, Lise ^a   Fievet, Nadine ^a   Aubouy, Agnès ^a   Ayemonna, Paul ^b   Kiniffo, Richard ^b   Massougbodji, Achille ^c   Cot, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Hôpital de Zone   (Benin)

^c Department of Cardiology   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENIN; BLOOD SMEAR; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; BENIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARITY; PLACENTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 33947324201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-27     Document Type: Article

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