Ramadan fasting, pregnancy and lactation
Background: Fasting and malnutrition during pregnancy is associated with deleterious consequences such as hypoglycemia, ketonemia, impaired fetal IQ, low birth weight and even abortion. Comparison of pregnancy length and year duration shows that about 75% of pregnancies coincided with Ramadan. Also,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Iranian South Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-426&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |