Prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women at booking in the university of Uyo teaching hospital, Uyo, Nigeria

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Olatunbosun, Olujimi A ^a   Abasiattai, Aniekan M ^a   Bassey, Emem A ^a   James, Robert S ^a   Ibanga, Godwin ^a   Morgan, Anyiekere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MICROCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902134648     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/849080     Document Type: Article

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