Comparative iron related anaemia at pregnancy in Ebonyi state, South-east Nigeria

Journal of Medical Sciences (Faisalabad)

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 425-431

  Obasi, I O ^a   Nwachukwu, N ^b  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal University of Technology   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Gestation; Haemoglobin; Iron; Region; Residence

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL IRON DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84879829429     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2013.425.431     Document Type: Article

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