Serum iron and haemoglobin levels in pregnant East African women of mixed tribal origin
Watson, W.C.; Murray, E.S.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Commonwealth 76(4): 366-369
1969
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3204 PMID: 5778801 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1969.tb05848.xDocument Number: 520093
Haematological investigation of 187 pregnant Kenyan women who had had no previous treatment with Fe showed only 8.5% to be anaemic with Hb concentration less than 10 g per 100 ml. Fe deficiency was the most common cause of the anaemia which was more marked in primigravidae than in multigravidae.
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