Weekly supplementation with iron and vitamin A during pregnancy increases hemoglobin concentration but decreases serum ferritin concentration in Indonesian pregnant women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-90

  Muslimatun, Siti ^a,b   Schmidt, Marjanka K ^a,b   Schultink, Werner ^c   West, Clive E ^b,d   Hautvast, Joseph G A J ^b   Gross, Rainer ^e   Muhilal, ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^f Nutrition Research and Development Center   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Iron; Pregnant women; Vitamin A; Weekly supplementation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; IRON METABOLISM; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035177372     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.1.85     Document Type: Article

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