Cigarette smoking during pregnancy in rural Nepal. Risk factors and effects of β-carotene and vitamin A supplemention

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204-211

  Christian, P ^a   West Jr , K P ^a   Katz, J ^a   Kimbrough Pradhan, E ^a   LeClerq, S C ^a   Khatry, S K ^b   Shrestha, S R ^b  

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

^b Society for Prevention of Blindness   (Nepal)

Author keywords

carotene; Infants; Mortality; Nepal; Pregnancy; Smoking; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOL; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAT; MILK; NEPAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 1342332351     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601767     Document Type: Article

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