Effects of hemoglobin levels during pregnancy on adverse maternal and infant outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1450, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 69-82

  Jung, Jenny ^a,b   Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a,b   Rahman, Md Shafiur ^a,b   Swe, Khin Thet ^a   Islam, Md Rashedul ^a,b   Rahman, Md Obaidur ^b   Akter, Shamima ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Global Public Health Research Foundations   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

anemia; dose response analysis; hemoglobin concentration; infant outcomes; random effects meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH;

ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 85066458906     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14112     Document Type: Review

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