Relation of hemoglobin measured at different times in pregnancy to preterm birth and low birth weight in Shanghai, China

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 998-1006

  Zhou, Li Ming ^a   Yang, Wen Wei ^b   Hua, Jia Zeng ^b   Deng, Chun Qin ^a   Tao, Xuguang ^a   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Care Center   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemoglobins; Infant, low birth weight; Infant, premature; Infant, small for gestational age; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0032533576     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009577     Document Type: Article

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