Assessing severe anemia during pregnancy and its consequences: The value of simple clinical examination of the conjuctiva;Evaluer l'anemie maternelle severe et ses consequences: La valeur d'un simple examen de la coloration des conjonctives palpebrales

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-17

  Meda, Nicolas ^a   Dao, Yissou ^b   Touré, Boubacar ^b   Yameogo, Bernabé ^b   Cousens, Simon ^c   Graham, Wendy ^c  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b Centre Hospitalier National Souro Sanou   (Burkina Faso)

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

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Maternal anemia; Pallor of the conjunctival; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLOR; PERINATAL DEATH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR;

EID: 0032832517     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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