Women’s access and provider practices for the case management of malaria during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Hill, Jenny ^a   D’mello Guyett, Lauren ^a   Hoyt, Jenna ^a   Van Eijk, Anna M ^a   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a   Webster, Jayne ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84916889644     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001688     Document Type: Article

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