Maternal Anaemia and Folate Intake in Early Pregnancy

Authors

E.G. O'Malley, University College Dublin, Ireland
Shona Cawley, Technological University Dublin, Ireland
R.A.K. Kennedy, University College Dublin, Ireland
C.M.E. Reynolds, University College Dublin, Ireland
A. Molloy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
M.J. Turner, University College Dublin, Ireland

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Publication Details

https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article-abstract/40/3/e296/4831097?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Abstract

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.

DOI

10.1093/pubmed/fdy013

Recommended Citation

O'Malley, E.G., Cawley, S. & Kennedy, R.A.K. (2018). Maternal anaemia and folate intake in early pregnancy. Journal of Public Health, vol. 40, no. 3, pg. e296-e302. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdy013