Malarial infection among antenatal and maternity clinics attendees at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Amuta, Elizabeth ^a   Houmsou, Robert ^b   Wama, Emmanuel ^b   Ameh, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b TARABA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Benue state; Children; Malaria; Mothers; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNITY WARD; MICROSCOPY; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYMPTOM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 84895749685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/idr.2014.5050     Document Type: Article

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