Iron deficiency anemia and depleted body iron reserves are prevalent among pregnant African-American adolescents

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2572-2577

  Iannotti, Lora L ^a   O'Brien, Kimberly O ^a   Chang, Shih Chen ^a   Mancini, Jeri ^b   Schulman Nathanson, Maureen ^b   Liu, Shuangyou ^a   Harris, Zena L ^c   Witter, Frank R ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anemia; Folate; Minority; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON STORAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 31544432265     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.11.2572     Document Type: Article

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