Association between maternal haemoglobin and stillbirth: a cohort study among a multi-ethnic population in England

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 829-837

  Nair, Manisha ^a   Churchill, David ^b   Robinson, Susan ^c   Nelson Piercy, Cathy ^c,d   Stanworth, Simon J ^e,f,g   Knight, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

haemoglobin concentration; maternal anaemia; perinatal death; pregnancy; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENGLAND; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NON CAUCASIAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85035133765     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14961     Document Type: Article

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