Anaemia in pregnancy in southern Malawi: Prevalence and risk factors

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-451

  van den Broek, N R ^a   Rogerson, S J ^a   Mhango, C G ^a   Kambala, B ^a   White, S A ^a   Molyneux, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEVICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034060905     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13260.x     Document Type: Article

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