The aetiology of anaemia during pregnancy: A study to evaluate the contribution of iron deficiency and common infections in pregnant Ugandan women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1423-1435

  Baingana, Rhona K ^a   Enyaru, John K ^a   Tjalsma, Harold ^b   Swinkels, Dorine W ^b   Davidsson, Lena ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Infection; Iron status; Pregnancy; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; OROSOMUCOID; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; OROSOMUCOID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928581815     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014001888     Document Type: Article

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