Maternal hemoglobin level and fetal outcome at low and high altitudes

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a   Steenland, Kyle ^b   Tapia, Vilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Preterm; Small for gestational age; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERU; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PERU; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 70449702049     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00275.2009     Document Type: Article

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