Iron endowment at birth: Maternal iron status and other influences

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Viteri, Fernando E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron deficiency; Iron endowment; Maternal iron status; Newborns

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE MINERAL; CONCEPTION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON, DIETARY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 80155184023     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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