Severe anemia in pregnancy in rural Ghana: A case-control study of causes and management

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1165-1171

  Geelhoed, Diederike ^b   Agadzi, Florence ^b   Visser, Lucia ^b   Ablordeppey, Emelia ^b   Asare, Kofi ^b   O'Rourke, Peter ^b   Van Leeuwen, Jules Schagen ^a   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia in pregnancy; Anemia management; Low income countries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SICKLE CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749329134     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600672812     Document Type: Article

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