Prevalence of anemia in women with asymptomatic malaria parasitemia at first antenatal care visit at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-233

  Agan, Tu ^a   Ekabua, J E ^a   Udoh, A E ^a   Ekanem, E I ^a   Efiok, E E ^a   Mgbekem, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anemia; First antenatal booking; Malaria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FANSIDAR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY SEX; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIGRAVIDA; NIGERIA; PARASITE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 77955549213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s11887     Document Type: Article

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