Anemia in pregnancy and race in the United States: Blacks at risk

Family Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 655-662

  Adebisi, Omoniyi Y ^a,c   Strayhorn, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26644434139     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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