Low haemoglobin levels, its determinants and associated features among pregnant women in Islamabad and surrounding region

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-89

  Ayub, Rukhsana ^a   Tariq, Nabia ^a   Adil, Malik Muhammad ^b   Iqbal, Mobeen ^a   Jaferry, Tara ^a   Rais, Shan Rasul ^a  

^a SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

^b SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING HABIT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PICA; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMEAR; SOCIAL STATUS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 59949088518     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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