Anemia during pregnancy: Most preventable yet most prevalent

Journal of SAFOG

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-76

  Bhalerao, Anuja ^a   Kawthalkar, Anjali ^a   Ghike, Sunita ^a   Joshi, Sulabha ^a  

^a NKP SALVE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Maternal hemoglobin; Perinatal outcome; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY ANEMIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 83755170538     PISSN: 09748938     EISSN: 09751920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10006-1133     Document Type: Article

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