Iron, folate and vitamin B12 levels in first trimester pregnancies in the Southwest region of Turkey;Türkiye'nin güneybatı bölgesinde I.trimester gebelerde demir, folat ve vitamin B12 düzeyleri

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecology Association

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-156

  Karabulut, Aysun ^a   Şevket, Osman ^a   Acun, Ayhan ^a  

^a DENIZLI STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Folate; Hemoglobin; Pregnancy; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLBIOL; FOLIC ACID; GYNOFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETAL WELL BEING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; PARITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80052152606     PISSN: 13090399     EISSN: 13090380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/jtgga.2011.36     Document Type: Article

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