Maternal anemia in rural Jordan: Room for improvement

Anemia

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Al Mehaisen, Lama ^a   Khader, Yousef ^a   Al Kuran, Oqba ^a   Abu Issa, Fayrouz ^a   Amarin, Zouhair ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

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EID: 84859130947     PISSN: 20901267     EISSN: 20901275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/381812     Document Type: Article

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