Prevalence of anaemia and iron deficiency in three trimesters in rural vellore district, south India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 86-89

  Abel, Rajaratnam ^a   Rajaratnam, Jolly ^a   Gnanasekaran, V Joseph ^a   Jayaraman, P ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035057407     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550103100210     Document Type: Article

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