Factors associated with maternal anaemia among pregnant women in Dhaka city

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chowdhury, Hasina Akhter ^a   Ahmed, Kazi Rumana ^a   Jebunessa, Fatema ^a   Akter, Jesmin ^a   Hossain, Sharmin ^a   Shahjahan, Md ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Bangladesh)

^b DAFFODIL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Bangladesh; Haemoglobin level; Maternal anaemia; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEWIFE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ANEMIA; MULTIGRAVIDA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84942065210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0234-x     Document Type: Article

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