Iron status during pregnancy: Setting the stage for mother and infant

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Scholl, Theresa O ^a  

^a UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ferritin; Gestational diabetes; Iron; Iron deficiency; Low birth weight; Oxidative stress; Pregnancy; Preterm delivery; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; RETINOL; ZINC;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL PLASMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA VOLUME; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON, DIETARY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20544465437     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.5.1218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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