Intermittent iron supplementation for reducing anaemia and its associated impairments in menstruating women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Fernández Gaxiola, Ana C ^a   De Regil, Luz Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MINERAL; VITAMIN; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFATE;

ANEMIA; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MENSTRUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MENSTRUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856271954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009218.pub2     Document Type: Review

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