Assessment and interpretation of micronutrient status during pregnancy

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-450

  Wheeler, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Maternal anaemia; Micronutrient status; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON DEFICIENCY; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANEMIA; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 53849124004     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665108008732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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