Prevalence and risk factors of anemia among a sample of pregnant females attending primary health care centers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1113-1120

  Abdelhafez, Amany Mokhtar ^a,b   El Soadaa, Samaa Saied ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Pregnancy female

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH SPACING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CENTER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSEWIFE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 84879254068     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.1113.1120     Document Type: Article

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