Iron supplementation during pregnancy and infancy: Uncertainties and implications for research and policy

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Brannon, Patsy M ^a,b   Taylor, Christine L ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Infancy; Iron supplementation; Iron replete; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERROPORTIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON;

ADAPTATION; ANEMIA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANCY; INFLAMMATION; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNCERTAINTY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITION POLICY;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85037660808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9121327     Document Type: Review

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