TY - BOOK AU - Zeyad Attya Muhammad Sharaf Eldin AU - Heba Hassan Abouelew , AU - Iman Khaled Eyada , AU - May Ahmed Khairy , TI - Association between maternal iron status , pregnancy outcome and newborn iron status / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Zeyad Attya Muhammad Sharaf Eldin , KW - Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy KW - Iron metabolism KW - Newborn iron deficiency anemia N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Anemia is the most widespread nutritional disorder in the world , affecting 30 % of the global population and is even more prevalent among pregnant women . Both nutritional and non - nutritional factors may cause anemia . The most common nutritional cause is iron deficiency . Anemia has a significant impact on the health of mother and fetus especially if the condition is severe ; however , the extent to which anemia affects the health of mothers and of their newborns is not completely established , but some studies suggest that anemia during pregnancy has adverse effect on both the mother and the fetus UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -