Hemoglobin, Altitude and Birth Weight: Does Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy Influence Fetal Growth?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-305

  Nahum, Gerard G ^a   Stanislaw, Harold ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anemia; Birth weight; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FETUS GROWTH; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1942502689     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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