Iron Status of Pregnant Women at First Antenatal Booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 228-230

  Kiwanuka, Gertrude N ^a   Isharaza, W K ^a   Mahmoud, S ^a  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032853786     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559902900412     Document Type: Article

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