Anaemia in pregnant Ghanaian women: importance of malaria, iron deficiency, and haemoglobinopathies
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 94 (5) , 477-483
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(00)90057-9
Abstract
In sub-Saharan Africa, anaemia in pregnancy results from multiple causes including malaria, iron deficiency and haemoglobinopathies. In a cross-sectiKeywords
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