Malaria among antenatal clients attending primary health care facilities in Kano state, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 188-193

  Gajida, A U ^a   Iliyasu, Z ^a   Zoakah, A I ^b  

^a AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antenatal clients; malaria; primary health care facilities

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PATIENTS; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956237272     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.68352     Document Type: Article

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