A comparison of the dietary and total intake of micronutrients in a group of pregnant Greek women with the Dietary Reference Intakes

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-171

  Petrakos, Georgios ^a   Panagopoulos, Perikles ^a   Koutras, Ioannis ^a   Kazis, Avraam ^b   Panagiotakos, Dimosthenis ^c   Economou, Apostolos ^a   Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Salamalekis, Emmanouil ^d   Zabelas, Antonios ^b  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dietary; Micronutrients; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINAMIDE; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 33746868387     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.07.034     Document Type: Article

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