Retinol and riboflavin supplementation decreases the prevalence of anemia in Chinese pregnant women taking iron and folic acid supplements

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1946-1950

  Ma, Ai G ^a,b   Schouten, Evert G ^b   Zhang, Feng Z ^c   Kok, Frans J ^b   Yang, Fang ^d   Jiang, Dian C ^e   Sun, Yong Y ^a   Han, Xiu X ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LIAOCHENG PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d The College of Liaocheng Technology   (China)

^e Service Center for Children and Women   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 54749121325     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.10.1946     Document Type: Article

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