Iron in pregnancy - How do we secure an appropriate iron status in the mother and child?

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-54

  Milman, Nils ^a  

^a NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Iron; Iron deficiency; Postpartum period; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODILUTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON INTAKE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTIPARA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL STATUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY PROTEINS;

EID: 82455210459     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332129     Document Type: Article

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