Diagnosing anaemia in pregnancy in rural clinics: Assessing the potential of the haemoglobin colour scale

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Van Den Broek, N R ^a   Ntonya, C ^b   Mhango, E ^b   White, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Wellcome Trust   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEMIA; MONITORING; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ANEMIA--WOMEN; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES--WOMEN; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEMIC SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL--WOMEN; MALAWI; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCREENING--WOMEN; STUDIES; WOMEN;

ANEMIA; COLOR; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MALAWI;

EID: 0032977421     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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