Daily versus weekly: How many iron pills do pregnant women need?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 318-323

  Galloway, Rae ^a   McGuire, Judith ^b  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030432298     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03795.x     Document Type: Review

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