Anaemia in pregnant women in eastern Caprivi, Namibia

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1544-1547

  Thomson, Julia ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COOKING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL AGE; NAMIBIA; PARITY; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LIFE STYLE; MALARIA; NAMIBIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031439223     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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