Prevalence and associated factors of anemia among pregnant women of Mekelle town: A cross sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Abriha, Abrehet ^a   Yesuf, Melkie Edris ^a   Wassie, Molla Mesele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Associated factors; Pregnant; Prevalence; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928814732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-888     Document Type: Article

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