Intermittent oral iron supplementation during pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^a   De Regil, Luz Maria ^b   Malave, Heber Gomez ^c   Flores Urrutia, Monica C ^a   Dowswell, Therese ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^c GlobalHealth Care Initiative   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MINERAL; VITAMIN; DRUG COMBINATION; HEMOGLOBIN A; IRON INTAKE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT ORAL IRON SUPPLEMENTATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SERUM; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; IRON INTAKE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMINS;

EID: 84979852568     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009997.pub2     Document Type: Review

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