Compliance to iron supplementation during pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 487-492

  Habib, F ^a,c   Habib Zein Alabdin, E ^b   Alenazy, M ^b   Nooh, R ^b  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Taiba University   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Compliance; Haemoglobin; Iron supplementation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TRACE ELEMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349088119     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610902984961     Document Type: Article

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