Maternal hemoglobin concentrations across pregnancy and maternal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1450, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 47-68

  Young, Melissa F ^a   Oaks, Brietta M ^b   Tandon, Sonia ^a   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a   Dewey, Kathryn G ^c   Wendt, Amanda S ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anemia; birth outcomes; hemoglobin; pregnancy; review

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 85064559060     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14093     Document Type: Review

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