Diet and serum iron status in pregnant and lactating Hausa women in Kano State, Nigeria
| Autor: | K. K. Sen, M. K. Atiku, M. Y. Gwarzo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Adolescent Normal diet Iron 030231 tropical medicine Population Nigeria Hemoglobins 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Total iron-binding capacity 030225 pediatrics Internal medicine medicine Humans Lactation education Gynecology education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Liter Iron deficiency medicine.disease Diet Infectious Diseases Endocrinology Hematocrit Serum iron Female Parasitology Hemoglobin business Breast feeding |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1364-8594 0003-4983 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00034983.1994.11812920 |
| Popis: | Serum iron concentrations were studied in two groups of Hausa women one of pregnant subjects attending the antenatal clinics at a health center and one of lactating subjects attending the centers postnatal clinics. It was thought possible that the normal diet of the pregnant women had sufficient iron content to meet the womens increased demands for this metal. Of the pregnant women 17% had serum iron concentrations of |
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