Iron status, iron supplementation and anemia in pregnancy: Ethnic differences

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1305-1310

  Baraka, M A ^a   Steurbaut, S ^a   Laubach, M ^b   Coomans, D ^a   Dupont, A G ^a  

^a FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

arab women; birth weight; ethnicity

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BELGIUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TURKISH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863883282     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.632036     Document Type: Article

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