Maternal anaemia and folate intake in early pregnancy
Author(s) -
Eimer G. O’Malley,
S. Cawley,
Rachel Kennedy,
Ciara Reynolds,
Anne M. Molloy,
Michael J. Turner
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdy013
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , macrocytosis , folic acid , anemia , folic acid supplementation , obstetrics , first trimester , iron supplement , fortification , physiology , environmental health , gestation , iron deficiency , food science , biology , genetics
The World Health Organization recommends that women take 400 µg of folate supplementation daily throughout pregnancy. We examined the relationship between total folate intake from the diet and supplements at the first prenatal visit and haematological indices at this visit and subsequently.
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