Antenatal tobacco use and iron deficiency anemia: integrating tobacco control into antenatal care in urban India

• Main Authors: Ritesh Mistry (Author), Andrew D. Jones (Author), Mangesh S. Pednekar (Author), Gauri Dhumal (Author), Anjuli Dasika (Author), Ujwala Kulkarni (Author), Mangala Gomare (Author), Prakash C. Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In India, tobacco use during pregnancy is not routinely addressed during antenatal care. We measured the association between tobacco use and anemia in low-income pregnant women, and identified ways to integrate tobacco cessation into existing antenatal care at primary health cent...