Iron status in pregnant women in the Republic of Seychelles

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-337

  Duffy, Emeir M ^a   Bonham, Maxine P ^a   Wallace, Julie M W ^a   Chang, Chin Kuo ^a   Robson, Paula J ^a   Myers, Gary J ^b   Davidson, Philip W ^b   Clarkson, Thomas W ^c   Shamlaye, Conrad F ^d   Strain, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Iron; Parity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; SEYCHELLES;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 77951216081     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991054     Document Type: Article

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