Anemia prevalence and risk factors in pregnant women in an urban area of Pakistan.

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Published in Food Nutr Bull on June 01, 2008

Authors

Naila Baig-Ansari1, Salma Halai Badruddin, Rozina Karmaliani, Hillary Harris, Imtiaz Jehan, Omrana Pasha, Nancy Moss, Elizabeth M McClure, Robert L Goldenberg

Author Affiliations

1: Program in International and Community Nutrition, Room 3252, Myer Hall, One Shields Ave., University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. nbansari@ucdavis.edu

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