Daily iron supplementation for improving anaemia, iron status and health in menstruating women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Low, Michael Sze Yuan ^a,b   Speedy, Joanna ^c   Styles, Claire E ^c   De Regil, Luz Maria ^d   Pasricha, Sant Rayn ^e  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^d MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC; HEMOGLOBIN A;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HARD FECES; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; LOOSE FECES; MALARIA; MENSTRUATION; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; IRON; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84963705425     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009747.pub2     Document Type: Review

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