Is routine iron supplementation necessary in pregnant women with high hemoglobin?

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Alizadeh, Leila ^a   Salehi, Leili ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Iron; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84988963867     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: 20741812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.22761     Document Type: Article

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