Hemoglobin levels and anemia evaluation during pregnancy in the highlands of Tibet: A hospital-based study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Xing, Yuan ^a   Yan, Hong ^a   Dang, Shaonong ^a   Zhuoma, Bianba ^b   Zhou, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Duolao ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lhasa People's Hospital   (China)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIBET; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70349902087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-336     Document Type: Article

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