Validity of non-invasive assessment of anaemia in pregnancy

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-277

  Bergsjø, Per ^a   Evjen Olsen, Bjørg ^b   Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund ^b   Oleking'ori, Naphtal ^c   Klepp, Knut Inge ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Clinical diagnosis; Haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANEMIA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; PREGNANCY; TESTING METHOD;

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PREGNANCY; TANZANIA;

ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDWIFERY; NURSES; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANZANIA;

EID: 39849099959     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.02000.x     Document Type: Article

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