Malaria Infection, Poor Nutrition and Indoor Air Pollution Mediate Socioeconomic Differences in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Cape Coast, Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Amegah, Adeladza K ^a,b,c,d   Damptey, Obed K ^b   Sarpong, Gideon A ^b   Duah, Emmanuel ^b   Vervoorn, David J ^b   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^c Radel Consulting   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GHANA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880655228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069181     Document Type: Article

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