Anaemia in pregnancy: Possible causes and risk factors in Nepali women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-8

  Bondevik, G T ^a   Eskeland, B ^a   Ulvik, R J ^a   Ulstein, M ^a   Lie, R T ^a   Schneede, J ^a   Kvale G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Infection; Nepal; Nutritional deficiencies; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYSIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEPAL; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 0033967035     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600883     Document Type: Article

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