Impact of prophylactic iron supplementation in healthy pregnant women on maternal iron status and birth outcome

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-217

  Falahi, Ebrahim ^a   Akbari, Soheila ^a   Ebrahimzade, Farzad ^a   Gargari, Bahram Pourghasem ^b  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iron supplementation; Low birthweight; Nonanemic women; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IRON; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80052776172     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200305     Document Type: Article

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