Geophagy, iron status and anaemia among pregnant women on the coast of Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 549-553

  Geissler, P W ^a   Shulman, C E ^b,c   Prince, R J ^a,d   Mutemi, W ^b   Mnazi, C ^b   Friis, H ^a,e   Lowe, B ^b  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Zoology   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ferritin; Geophagy; Haemoglobin; Hookworm; Iron; Kenya; Malaria; Pica; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; Women

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GEOPHAGIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PICA; PREGNANCY; SOIL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; PICA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031791474     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90910-5     Document Type: Article

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