Exercise during pregnancy and risk of maternal anaemia: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 954-956

  Barakat, R ^a   Ruiz, J R ^b   Lucia, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMODILUTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 70449701610     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.055764     Document Type: Article

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