Maternal iron status: Relation to fetal growth, length of gestation, and iron endowment of the neonate

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Scholl, Theresa O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; IRON DEFICIENCY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT LOADING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SUPPLEMENTATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON, DIETARY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80155168979     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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