Periconceptional iron and folate status is inadequate among married, nulliparous women in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1179-1184

  Khambalia, Amina ^a   O'Connor, Deborah L ^a   Zlotkin, Stanley ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; NULLIPARA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; IRON; MARITAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749138989     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.101022     Document Type: Article

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