Antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation use by pregnant women in Khartoum, Sudan

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Abdullahi, Hala ^a   Gasim, Gasim I ^b   Saeed, Ahmed ^a   Imam, Abdulmutalab M ^a   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Iron; Pregnant women; Sudan

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADULT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SUDAN;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY; SUDAN;

EID: 84907418449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-498     Document Type: Article

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