The prevalence of anemia among pregnant women at booking in Enugu, South Eastern Nigeria

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Dim, Cyril C ^a   Onah, Hyacinth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447563819     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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