Unnecessary iron supplementation in pregnancy can be harmful: Intergenerational implications [11]

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1308-

  Siassakos, D ^a   Manley, K ^b  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; LACTOFERRIN;

COPPER DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PILL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC;

EID: 34548684127     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01451.x     Document Type: Letter

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