Geophagia, nutrition and health of women with pregnancy-induced hypertension

BACKGROUND: Calcium is a major nutrient implicated in pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). Aside dietary sources, geophagia has been reported to provide calcium needed to prevent PIH. These soils are shown to contain significant amount of heavy metals which have been associated with hypertension. O...

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Autores principales: Sackey, Deborah Sakua, Larbie, Christopher, Mensah, Faustina O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6354851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30766591
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i4.46

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6354851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30766591
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i4.46

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