Effect of administration of antihelminthics for soil-transmitted helminths during pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Salam, Rehana A ^a   Haider, Batool A ^b   Humayun, Quratulain ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Child and Family Asthma Study Center   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PRAZIQUANTEL; IRON DERIVATIVE; SOIL;

ANEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL DISEASE; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SOIL; TRANSMISSION;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHELMINTICS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SOIL;

EID: 84957792506     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005547.pub3     Document Type: Review

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