A decade of malaria during pregnancy in Brazil: What has been done concerning prevention and management

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 706-708

  Marchesini, Paola ^a   Costa, Fabio Trindade Maranhão ^b   Marinho, Claudio Romero Farias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Control; Epidemiology; Malaria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TIME;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALARIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906725159     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140047     Document Type: Article

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