M E Vásquez-Molina, M Corral-Terrazas, M A Apezteguia, J Carmona-Sawasky, M Levario-Carrillo
OBJECTIVE: To establish the relationship of normal, low, and moderate blood iron values in mothers and their newborns. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 163 pregnant women and their newborns, users of Hospital de Ginecología y Obstetricia número 15, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, from Chihuahua, Mexico. The mothers' clinical histories were collected and analyzed; hemoglobin, hematocrit, and ferritin serum levels were measured in maternal and umbilical cord samples...
September 2001: Salud Pública de México