A community randomized controlled trial of insecticide-treated bednets for the prevention of malaria and anaemia among primigravid women on the Kenyan Coast

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-204

  Shulman, C E ^a,b   Dorman, E K ^b,c   Talisuna, A O ^a   Lowe, B S ^b,c   Nevill, C ^b,d   Snow, R W ^b,c   Jilo, H ^e   Peshu, N ^b   Bulmer, J N ^f   Graham, S ^a   Marsh, K ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^e Kilifi District Hospital   (Kenya)

^f ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Bednets; Birth weight; ITBN; Malaria; Placenta; Pregnancy; Primigravidae

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

ANAEMIA; DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANEMIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK;

KENYA, KILIFI DISTRICT;

INSECTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 7144256537     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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