Impact of maternal malaria and under-nutrition on intrauterine growth restriction: A prospective ultrasound study in Democratic Republic of Congo

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-304

  Landis, S H ^a   Lokomba, V ^b   Ananth, C V ^c   Atibu, J ^b   Ryder, R W ^d   Hartmann, K E ^e   Thorp, J M ^f   Tshefu, A ^b   Meshnick, S R ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNC DRC Programme   (Congo)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo; Intrauterine growth restriction; Malaria; Maternal nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONGO; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ADOLESCENT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549126961     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000915     Document Type: Article

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