Healthy pregnant women still don't need routine iron supplementation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7921, 2013, Pages

  Steer, Philip J ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

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

EID: 84883009047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4866     Document Type: Letter

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