The prevalence of nutritional anemia in pregnancy in an east Anatolian province, Turkey

KARAOĞLU L., PEHLİVAN E., EĞRİ M., Deprem C., GÜNEŞ G., GENÇ M. F., ...Daha Fazla

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.10, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-329
  • Dergi Adı: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Anemia is considered a severe public health problem by World Health Organization when anemia prevalence is equal to or greater than 40% in the population. The purpose of this study was to determine the anemia prevalence with the associated factors in pregnant women and to determine the serum iron, folate and B12 vitamin status in anaemic pregnants in Malatya province.