Pregnancy and iron deficiency: Unresolved issues

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Allen, Lindsay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

COMPLICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW;

EID: 0030751138     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb06460.x     Document Type: Review

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