Relation between maternal haemoglobin concentration and birth weight in different ethnic groups

BMJ

Volumn 310, Issue 6978, 1995, Pages 489-

  Steer, Philip ^a   Alam, m Ash ^b   Wadsworth, Jane ^c   Welch, Anne ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICA; ASIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0028957967     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6978.489     Document Type: Article

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