Periconceptional iron supplementation does not reduce anemia or improve iron status among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1295-1302

  Khambalia, Amina Z ^a,b   O'Connor, Deborah L ^a,b   Macarthur, Colin ^a,c   Dupuis, Annie ^b,c   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREPREGNANCY CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

BANGLADESH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 70350645073     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28350     Document Type: Article

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