Anaemia in the first but not in the second or third trimester is a risk factor for low birth weight

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-275

  Hämäläinen, Henna ^a   Hakkarainen, Katja ^a   Heinonen, Seppo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Outcome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0037498493     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5614(02)00209-1     Document Type: Article

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