Anaemia among pregnant Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2416-2420

  Khader, A ^a   Madi, H ^b   Riccardo, F ^c   Sabatinelli, G ^c  

^a Health Protection and Promotion   (Jordan)

^b Health Protection and Promotion   (Egypt)

^c Health Department HQ   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Iron deficiency anaemia; Occupied Palestinian Territory; Palestine refugees; Pregnant women; UNRWA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949085113     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005497     Document Type: Article

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