Factors associated with ultrasound-aided detection of suboptimal fetal growth in a malaria-endemic area in Papua New Guinea

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Unger, Holger Werner ^a,b   Ome Kaius, Maria ^a   Karl, Stephan ^c   Singirok, Dupain ^a   Siba, Peter ^a   Walker, Jane ^d   Wangnapi, Regina Alice ^b   Mueller, Ivo ^c,e   Rogerson, Stephen John ^b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Fetal growth restriction; Malaria in pregnancy; Mid upper arm circumference; Nutrition; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GUINEA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROPHYLAXIS; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928028399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0511-6     Document Type: Article

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