Risk of stillbirth in relation to maternal haemoglobin concentration during pregnancy

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-28

  Tomashek, Kay M ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^b   Cogswell, Mary E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Fetal death; Pregnancy outcome; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERHEMOGLOBINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 33646692714     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2006.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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