Comparison of screening methods for anaemia in pregnant women in Awassa, Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-309

  Gies, S ^a   Brabin, Bernard J ^a,b   Yassin, M A ^c   Cuevas, Luis E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ethiopia; Pregnancy; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; HEALTH MONITORING; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PALLOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0037398837     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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