Iron supplementation in pregnancy: At last, benefits on maternal measures and risk of low birth weight are shown

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7916, 2013, Pages

  Krafft, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL ANEMIA; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84880100047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4399     Document Type: Editorial

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