Etiology of anemia in pregnancy in south Malawi

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 72, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Van Den Broek, Nynke R ^a   Letsky, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a Wellcome Trust Centre for Research   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Folate; Infection; Iron; Malawi; Nutritional deficiency; Pregnancy; Vitamin A; Vitamin B 12; Women

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; IRON; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0033938790     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/72.1.247s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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