Iron supplementation in iron-replete and nonanemic pregnant women in Tanzania: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 947-955

  Etheredge, Analee J ^a,b   Premji, Zul ^c   Gunaratna, Nilupa S ^a   Abioye, Ajibola Ibraheem ^a   Aboud, Said ^c   Duggan, Christopher ^a,b   Mongi, Robert ^c   Meloney, Laura ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Roberts, Drucilla ^e   Hamer, Davidson H ^d,f   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS WASTAGE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA MALARIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALARIA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TANZANIA; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943373093     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.1480     Document Type: Article

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