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ERIC Number: EJ471413
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Comparative Haematological Screening of Urban and Rural Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Lagos and Its Environs.
Abidoye, R. O.; Olukoya, A. A.
Early Child Development and Care, v86 p147-58 1993
Compared blood screening data for 200 urban and rural pregnant women in Nigeria. Found that rural subjects had a greater incidence of moderate anemia than did urban subjects, and corpuscular hemoglobin concentrations fell with increased gestational age. No relationship was found between hemoglobin counts and nutrition habits. (HTH)
Descriptors: Anemia, Comparative Analysis, Females, Foreign Countries, Nutrition, Physical Health, Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences, Rural Population, Urban Population
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria (Lagos)
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