Do healthy pregnant women need iron supplementation?

Wen-Ling Lee^{1

2}, Chang-Ching Yeh^{3

4}, Peng-Hui Wang^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
² Department of Nursing, Oriental Institute of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
⁵ Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
⁶ Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.

Editorial

Wen-Ling Lee et al. J Chin Med Assoc. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;83(1):3-4.

doi: 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000219.

Wen-Ling Lee^{1

2}, Chang-Ching Yeh^{3

4}, Peng-Hui Wang^{3

4

5

6}

¹ Department of Medicine, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
² Department of Nursing, Oriental Institute of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
⁵ Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
⁶ Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.

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Comment on

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