Long-term effect of calcium supplementation during pregnancy on the blood pressure of offspring: Follow up of a randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7103, 1997, Pages 281-285

  Belizán, José M ^a,c   Villar, José ^b   Bergel, Eduardo ^a   Del Pino, Alicia ^a   Di Fulvio, Susana ^a   Galliano, Silvia V ^a   Kattan, Cristina ^a  

^a Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales   (Argentina)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CLAP/PAHO/WHO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030803376     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7103.281     Document Type: Article

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