Malaria infection, poor nutrition and indoor air pollution mediate socioeconomic differences in adverse pregnancy outcomes in Cape Coast, Ghana.

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Published in PLoS One on July 22, 2013

Authors

Adeladza K Amegah1, Obed K Damptey, Gideon A Sarpong, Emmanuel Duah, David J Vervoorn, Jouni J K Jaakkola

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. adeladza.amegah@oulu.fi

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