Association between anemia and aflatoxin B 1 biomarker levels among pregnant women in Kumasi, Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1077-1083

  Shuaib, Faisal M B ^a   Jolly, Pauline E ^a   Ehiri, John E ^b   Jiang, Yi ^a   Ellis, William O ^c   Stiles, Jonathan K ^d   Yatich, Nelly J ^a   Funkhouser, Ellen ^e   Person, Sharina D ^e   Wilson, Craig ^a   Williams, Jonathan H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFLATOXIN B1; ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952044018     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0772     Document Type: Article

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