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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...
Autores principales: | Sackey, Deborah Sakua, Larbie, Christopher, Mensah, Faustina O |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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