The association between subjective assessment of menstrual bleeding and measures of iron deficiency anemia in premenopausal African-American women: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Both iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are common in the United States with a prevalence amongst women of 12 % and 4 % respectively. These numbers are even higher in African-American women (AAW) and are often a result of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB). The primary objective of t...

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Published in:BMC Womens Health
Main Authors: Bernardi, Lia A, Ghant, Marissa S, Andrade, Carolina, Recht, Hannah, Marsh, Erica E
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4983800/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27524363
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-016-0329-z
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