Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 65-72 , January 2011

Iron deficiency anemia: Pregnancy outcomes with or without iron supplementation

  • Ferenc Bánhidy, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
    • ,
  • Nándor Ács, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
    • ,
  • Erzsébet H. Puhó, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases, Budapest, Hungary
    • ,
  • Andrew E. Czeizel, Ph.D., Doct.Sci.

      Affiliations

    • Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases, Budapest, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +36-1-3944-712; fax: +36-1-3944-712.

Received 13 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.12.005

Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 65-72 , January 2011

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