Hemoglobin values for pregnant women residing at middle altitude

• Main Authors: Mercedes Jatziri Gaitán-González (Author), Juan Carlos Echeverría-Arjonilla (Author), Carlos Vargas-García (Author), Sergio Camal-Ugarte (Author), Ramón González-Camarena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To determine maternal hemoglobin behavior during pregnancy for middle altitude residents and to compare it with that reported in other populations with or without iron supplementation. Materials and methods. Hematological values from 227 pregnant women residing at 2 240 m altitude (Mexico...