Anemia prevalence among pregnant women and birth weight in five areas in China

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 368-372

  Ma, A G ^b   Schouten, E ^a   Wang, Y ^c   Xu, R X ^d   Zheng, M C ^e   Li, Y ^a   Sun, Y Y ^b   Wang, Q Z ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUILIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anemia; Birth weight; Education; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249138397     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226290     Document Type: Article

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