Iron supplement use in pregnancy - Are the right women taking the right amount?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 741-747

  Chatterjee, Rahul ^a   Shand, Antonia ^a,b   Nassar, Natasha ^a   Walls, Mariyam ^b   Khambalia, Amina Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron; Iron deficiency; Pregnancy; Supplement

Indexed keywords

IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RED MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; IRON INTAKE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW SOUTH WALES; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; THERAPEUTIC USE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AVITAMINOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930606841     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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