Relative bioavailability of iron and folic acid from a new powdered supplement compared to a traditional tablet in pregnant women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hartman Craven, Brenda ^a,d   Christofides, Anna ^a,d   O'Connor, Deborah L ^a,d   Zlotkin, Stanley ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; MATERNA; SUNACTIVE FE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POWDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET PROPERTY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COMBINATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; IRON; POWDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949206494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-33     Document Type: Article

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