Screening for iron deficiency anemia and iron supplementation in pregnant women to improve maternal health and birth outcomes: U.S. Preventive services task force recommendation statement

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 529-536

  Siu, Albert L ^a  

^a US Preventive Services Task Force   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

CESAREAN SECTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST OF ILLNESS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84943427567     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1707     Document Type: Review

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