Anaemia in pregnancy: A cross-sectional study of pregnant women in a Sahelian tertiary hospital in Northeastern Nigeria

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 676-679

  Kagu, M B ^a   Kawuwa, M B ^b   Gadzama, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Northeastern Nigeria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 36248956256     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610701612144     Document Type: Article

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