Iron Status and Pregnancy in a Northern Canadian Population: Relationship to Diet and Iron Supplementation

To determine the extent of iron deficiency, the prognostic value of prenatal ferritin levels and the desirability of prenatal iron supplementation in the western Canadian arctic, dietary iron intake was determined in 171 women and ferritin levels determined in 121 women during pregnancy, 79 at deliv...

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Published in:Canadian journal of public health 1992-09, Vol.83 (5), p.339-343
Main Authors: Godel, John C., Pabst, Henry F., Hodges, Phyllis E., Johnson, Karen E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diet
Dietary iron
Female
Ferritins
Ferritins - blood
Food
Food intake
Humans
Indians, North American
Iron
Iron - administration & dosage
Iron absorption
Iron mining
Mothers
Northwest Territories
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status
Postpartum Period - blood
Pregnancy
Pregnancy - blood
Prenatal Care
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Summary:To determine the extent of iron deficiency, the prognostic value of prenatal ferritin levels and the desirability of prenatal iron supplementation in the western Canadian arctic, dietary iron intake was determined in 171 women and ferritin levels determined in 121 women during pregnancy, 79 at delivery and 77 postnatally, as well as in 65 of their infants at birth and 74 postnatally. Iron deficiency (ferritin
ISSN:0008-4263
1920-7476