Adherence to intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy in urban kano, northern Nigeria

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Iliyasu, Zubairu ^a   Gajida, Auwalu Umar ^a   Galadanci, Hadiza S ^a   Abubakar, Isa Sadeeq ^a   Baba, Abdullahi Suleiman ^a   Jibo, A M ^a   Aliyu, M H ^b  

^a AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittent preventive therapy; Malaria; Nigeria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT FOR MALARIA IN PREGNANCY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; STUDY DESIGN; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; CHEMOPREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870375691     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000037     Document Type: Article

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