Evaluation of hemoglobin concentration in pregnancy and correlation with different altitude: A study from balochistan plateau of pakistan

Open Biochemistry Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-14

  Umar, Zubaida ^a   Rasool, Mahmood ^b   Asif, Muhammad ^c   Karim, Sajjad ^b   Malik, Arif ^d   Mushtaq, Gohar ^b   Kamal, Mohammad A ^b   Mansoor, Arsala ^a  

^a BOLAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BALOCHISTAN UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anemia; Diet; Hemoglobin; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KOILONYCHIA; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PALLOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926388137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1874091X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874091X01509010007     Document Type: Article

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