Micronutrients and fetal growth

Journal of Nutrition

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

  Fall, Caroline H D ^a   Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^b   Rao, Shobha ^c   Davies, Anna A ^a   Brown, Nick ^a   Farrant, Hannah J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Fetal growth; Maternal nutrition; Micronutrients; Review

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037884885     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.5.1747s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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