Malaria and anaemia among pregnant women at first antenatal clinic visit in Kisumu, western Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1515-1523

  Ouma, Peter ^a,c   Van Eijk, Anna M ^b   Hamel, Mary J ^a,c   Parise, Monica ^c   Ayisi, John G ^a   Otieno, Kephas ^a,c   Kager, Piet A ^b   Slutsker, Laurence ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Antenatal; Insecticide treated nets; Kenya; Malaria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CHILDBEARING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RISK FACTORS; SULFADOXINE; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KISUMU; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36749013020     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01960.x     Document Type: Article

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