Antenatal vitamin A supplementation increases birth weight and decreases anemia among infants born to human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in Malawi

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 618-624

  Kumwenda, Newton ^a   Miotti, Paolo G ^b   Taha, Taha E ^a   Broadhead, Robin ^c   Biggar, Robert J ^d   Jackson, J Brooks ^e   Melikian, George ^a   Semba, Richard D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; VITAMIN A; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036720614     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342297     Document Type: Article

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