Anaemia in pregnancy and infant mortality in Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 262-266

  Marchant, Tanya ^a,b,c   Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong ^a,b   Nathan, Rose ^a   Abdulla, Salim ^a   Mukasa, Oscar ^a   Mshinda, Hassan ^a   Lengeler, Christian ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia; Infant mortality; Interventions; Pregnancy; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 1342343952     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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