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Article: Multiple vitamin deficiencies associated with anemia in last trimester.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- July 22, 2004
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2004 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multiple vitamin deficiencies are linked to anemia in pregnant women in their last trimester, researchers report.
"Iron-deficiency or anemia in pregnancy is a major public health problem in China. This cross-sectional study was carried out to observe the association between iron status and multiple vitamin levels of Chinese pregnant women in the third trimester," wrote A.G. Ma and associates, University of Qingdao.
"We measured iron, ascorbic acid, retinol, folate, and vitamin B-12 in serum, and riboflavin in urine specimens of 1,163 pregnant women in four sites throughout rural and city areas in China. Based on ...