Anaemia during pregnancy: Impact on birth outcome and infant haemoglobin level during the first 18months of life

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-291

  Koura, Ghislain K ^a,b,c   Ouedraogo, Smaïla ^a,b,c   Le Port, Agnès ^a,b,c   Watier, Laurence ^d,e   Cottrell, Gilles ^a,b,f   Guerra, José ^a,b   Choudat, Isabelle ^a,b   Rachas, Antoine ^a,b   Bouscaillou, Julie ^a,b   Massougbodji, Achille ^f,g   Garcia, André ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INSERM U657   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur le Paludisme Associeà la Grossesse et a l'Enfant   (Benin)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Infant's haemoglobin level; Low birth weight; Maternal anaemia; Newborn's anaemia; Preterm birth; Republic of Benin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FEEDING; HEMOGLOBIN; MALARIA; NEONATE; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BENIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; POLYGAMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BENIN; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALARIA; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; YOUNG ADULT;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84857359497     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02932.x     Document Type: Article

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