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

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...

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Main Authors: Ritesh Mistry, Andrew D. Jones, Mangesh S. Pednekar, Gauri Dhumal, Anjuli Dasika, Ujwala Kulkarni, Mangala Gomare, Prakash C. Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Reproductive Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12978-018-0516-5