Intermittent Iron Supplementation Regimens Are Able to Maintain Safe Maternal Hemoglobin Concentrations during Pregnancy in Venezuela

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1099-1104

  Pena Rosas, Juan P ^a   Nesheim, Malden C ^a   Garcia Casal, Maria N ^b   Crompton, D W T ^c   Sanjur, Diva ^a   Viteri, Fernando E ^d,e   Frongillo, Edward A ^a   Lorenzana, Paulina ^f  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anemia; Controlled trial; Iron supplementation; Pregnancy; Randomized; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; TRANSFERRIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 2442595678     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.5.1099     Document Type: Article

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