Malaria has no effect on birth weight in Rwanda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rulisa, Stephen ^a,b   Mens, Pètra F ^b,c   Karema, Corine ^d   Schallig, Henk D F H ^b,c   Kaligirwa, Nadine ^b,d   Vyankandondera, Joseph ^a   De Vries, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Treatment and Research AIDS Center   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RWANDA; SCHOOL CHILD; STILLBIRTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RWANDA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049113057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-194     Document Type: Article

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