Effects of vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy and early lactation on body weight of South African HIV-infected women

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 167-176

  Kennedy Oji, C ^a   Coutsoudis, A ^a   Kuhn, L ^a   Pillay, K ^a   Mburu, A ^a   Stein, Z ^a   Coovadia, H ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Double blind method; HIV; HIV infections; Lactation; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Randomized controlled trials; South Africa; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; CD4 ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0035183861     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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