Maternal anaemia and its impact on perinatal outcome

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 486-490

  Lone, Farah Wali ^a,b   Qureshi, Rabat Najam ^a   Emanuel, Faran ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Aga Khan University Hospital ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anemia; IUD; IUGR; Low birthweight; Perinatal mortality; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE FETAL DEMISE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ANEMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; APGAR SCORE; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2342655059     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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