Burden of anemia in relation to thalassemia and iron deficiency among vietnamese pregnant women

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-287

  Siridamrongvattana, Sirivara ^a,b   Van Hoa, Nguyen ^b,c   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a   Dung, Nguyen ^d   Hoa, Phan Thi Thuy ^e   Sanchaisuriya, Pattara ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Fucharoen, Supan ^a   Schelp, Frank P ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Graduate School   (Thailand)

^c HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d Thua Thien Hue Province Health Service   (Thailand)

^e Hue Central Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemoglobinopathies; Iron deficiency; Thalassemia; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM; ETHNIC GROUP; THALASSEMIA; VIETNAMESE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RURAL POPULATION; THALASSEMIA; VIETNAM;

EID: 84888230402     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351168     Document Type: Article

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