Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-527

  Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^a   De Regil, Luz Maria ^b   Garcia Casal, Maria N ^a   Dowswell, Therese ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; PLACEBO; FOLIC ACID; IRON INTAKE;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MATERNAL DEATH; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; IRON INTAKE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84957410508     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004736.pub5     Document Type: Review

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