Anaemia, folate and vitamin B12 deficiency among pregnant women in an area of unstable malaria transmission in eastern Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-496

  Abdelrahim, Ishraga I ^a   Adam, Gamal K ^b   Mohmmed, Ahmed A ^c   Salih, Magdi M ^d   Ali, Naji I ^e   Elbashier, Mustafa I ^a   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GADARIF   (Sudan)

^c NATIONAL RIBAT UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e SUDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ferritin; Folate; Pregnancy; Sudan; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249099912     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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