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OBJECTIVE: To determine...the nutritional status of pre-and post-natal Turkish women... "Blood samples were taken from mothers 'at three stages of pregnancy]... "RESULTS: High percentages of subjects were at risk for deficiencies of vitamin B12 (48.8%) and folate (59.7%) in early pregnancy; ferritin 'carries iron in the body] (52.3%), zinc (72.3%), vitamin B2 (38.8%), B12 (80.9%), and folate (76.4%) during late pregnancy; and ferritin (39.0%), vitamins B2, B6, B12 and folate 'after giving birth.]" By Ackurt, Wetherilt, Loker & Hacibekiroglu. In: European J. of Clin. Nutrition, vol. 49, 1995. Not a new report, certainly, but mothers need to know their nutritional status. SEARCH BY SUBJECT - TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS MONTH'S HEALTH BULLETIN NEWS
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