International Journal of Epidemiology ©International Epidemiological Association 1991

Vol. 20, No. 1

Printed in Great Britain

An Assessment of Low Birthweight Risk in Primiparae as an Indicator of Malaria Control in Pregnancy BERNARD BRABIN Brabin B (Department of Tropical Paediatrics and International Child Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK). An assessment of low birthweight risk in primiparae as an indicator of malaria control in pregnancy. Internationa/Journal of Epidemiology 1991, 20: 276-283. Malaria is an important environmental factor which reduces fetal growth in primiparae more than multiparae living under holoendemic conditions for malaria. This relates to greater susceptibility to malaria infection in first pregnancies. The relative risk for low birthweight (

An assessment of low birthweight risk in primiparae as an indicator of malaria control in pregnancy.

Malaria is an important environmental factor which reduces fetal growth in primiparae more than multiparae living under holoendemic conditions for mal...
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