Pre-pregnancy iron reserves, iron supplementation during pregnancy, and birth weight

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 791-797

  Aranda, Nuria ^a   Ribot, Blanca ^a   Garcia, Elena ^a   Viteri, Fernando E ^b   Arija, Victoria ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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

^c Institut de Investigació Jordi Gol IDIAP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Haemoconcentration; Iron supplements; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREPREGNANCY IRON RESERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 81455158991     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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