Characteristics of randomized controlled trials included in systematic reviews of nutritional interventions reporting maternal morbidity, mortality, preterm delivery, intrauterine growth restriction and small for gestational age and birth weight outcomes

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Villar, José ^a   Merialdi, Mario ^a   Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^a   Abalos, Edgardo ^b   Carroli, Guillermo ^b   Kulier, Regina ^c   De Onis, Mercedes ^d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales   (Argentina)

^c WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FATTY ACID; FERROUS SULFATE; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; GLUCONATE MAGNESIUM; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM ASPARTATE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MINERAL; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

EID: 0037547102     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.5.1632s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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