Timing of umbilical cord-clamping and infant anaemia: The role of maternal anaemia

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Blouin, Brittany ^a,b   Penny, Mary E ^c   Maheu Giroux, Mathieu ^b   Casapía, Martín ^d   Aguilar, Eder ^e   Silva, Hermánn ^e   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary M ^c   Joseph, Serene A ^a,b   Gagnon, Anita ^a   Rahme, Elham ^b   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^d ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL SELVA AMAZÓNICA   (Peru)

^e Hospital Iquitos 'César Garayar García'   (Peru)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Child health; Developing countries; Haemoglobin; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL DISEASE; PERU; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERU; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877955442     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905512Y.0000000036     Document Type: Article

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