Trends in pregnancy outcomes in Malawian adolescents receiving antimalarial and hematinic supplements

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1011-1016

  Msyamboza, Kelias ^a   Savage, Emma ^b   Kalanda, Gertrude ^b   Kazembe, Peter ^c   Gies, Sabine ^d   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^d   Brabin, Bernard J ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Baylor College of Medicine Children's Clinical Center of Excellence   (Malawi)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Malaria; Pregnancy; Primigravidae; Women's health issues in developing countries

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMATINICS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 77954849888     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.487892     Document Type: Article

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