Iron, zinc and vitamin C nutritional status is not related to weight gain in pregnant women

Nutrition Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 555-564

  Pfeffer, Frania ^a   Valdés Ramos, Roxana ^b   Avila Rosas, Héctor ^b   Meza, Carlos ^b   Casanueva, Esther ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Iron; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Vitamin C; Weight Gain; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 17344391160     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0271-5317(96)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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