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pica its related iron deficiency anaemia in pregnant women
introduction: in the literature pica is reported to be prevalent in pregnant women, who, reported to have eaten substances that were clearly not foods but some thing which has been defined as “pica”. pica is an eating disorder, which may cause severe problems such as chemicals or heavy metals (e.g. lead) toxicity, intestinal obstruction and iron deficiency anaemia. this study was conducted to d...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1936
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.3949.523