| impact of intestinal helminth infection on anemia and iron status during pregnancy: a community based study in indonesia. | a cohort study was carried out in purworejo district, central java, indonesia to investigate prevalence of anemia and low iron stores during pregnancy in relation to intestinal helminth infection. 442 pregnant women were followed until 5-10 weeks postpartum, during the period of april 1996 - august 1998. information on intestinal helminths, hemoglobin and serum ferritin was collected each trimester. highest prevalence of anemia in pregnancy (37.1%) was found in the second trimester, while the hi ... | 2001 | 11485075 |