Impact of daily versus weekly hematinic supplementation on anemia in pregnant women

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-346

  Gomber, Sunil ^a,b   Agarwal, K N ^a   Mahajan, Charu ^a   Agarwal, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b F 4(A) Vijay Nagar   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; Fetal outcome; Pregnant women; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036239602     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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