Nutrition and maternal mortality in the developing world

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 72, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Rush, David ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Developing world; Fetal size; Iron; Maternal body mass index; Maternal height; Maternal mortality; Maternal weight; Menarche; Nutrient requirements; Nutrition; Obstetric care; Obstructed labor; Operative delivery; Pregnancy; Supplementation; Toxemia of pregnancy; Uterine rupture; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MAGNESIUM; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ANEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSTOCIA; FETUS GROWTH; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUCED ABORTION; IRON THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERAL INFECTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033937954     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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