Low body mass index, anaemia and poor perinatal outcome in a Rural Hospital in Eastern Sudan

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-204

  Adam, Ishag ^a   Babiker, Saud ^b   Mohmmed, Ahmed A ^c   Salih, Magdi M ^d   Prins, Martin H ^e   Zaki, Zaki M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ALZAIEM ALAZHARI UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^c NATIONAL RIBAT UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaemia; BMI; Malaria; Perinatal; Pregnancy; Sudan

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDAN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; APGAR SCORE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SUDAN;

EID: 45149093975     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm110     Document Type: Article

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