Impact of malaria control on mortality and anemia among Tanzanian children less than five years of age, 1999-2010

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Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Smithson, Paul ^a   Florey, Lia ^b   Salgado, S Rene ^c   Hershey, Christine L ^c   Masanja, Honorati ^a   Bhattarai, Achuyt ^d   Mwita, Alex ^e   McElroy, Peter D ^d  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BED NET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; POPULATION RISK; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84951065914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141112     Document Type: Article

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