Randomized controlled trial of 2 prenatal iron supplements: Is there a dose-response relation with maternal hemoglobin?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1012-1018

  Roberfroid, Dominique ^a   Huybregts, Lieven ^c   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^b   Lanou, Hermann ^d   Henry, Marie Claire ^a   Meda, Nicolas ^a   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID PLUS IRON; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BURKINA FASO; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955422387     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.006239     Document Type: Article

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