Maternal anaemia as an indicator for monitoring malaria control in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1222-1231

  Savage, E J ^a   Msyamboza, K ^b   Gies, S ^c   D'Alessandro, U ^c   Brabin, B J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Indicators; Malaria; Nomogram; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MONITORING; NOMOGRAM; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548685627     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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