Validity and reliability of haemoglobin colour scale and its comparison with clinical signs in diagnosing anaemia in pregnancy in Ahmedabad, India;Validité et fiabilité de l'échelle colorimétrique de détermination du taux d'hémoglobine et comparaison avec les signes cliniques pour le diagnostic d'anémie pendant la grossesse à Ahmedabad (Inde)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 749-754

  Bala, D V ^a   Vyas, S ^b   Shukla, A ^a   Tiwari, H ^a   Bhatt, G ^b   Gupta, K ^c  

^a SMT NHL MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b LG Hospital Compound   (India)

^c Narayana Health   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN COLOR SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 84864071534     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.7.749     Document Type: Article

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