Dietary intake in immigrant Arabian pregnant women

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1019-1021

  Alevizos, Alevizos G ^a,b,c   Stamatiou, Konstantinos N ^a   Lacroix, Richard E ^b   Natzar, Mohamed A ^b   Mihas, Constantinos C ^b   Bovis, Konstantinos D ^a   Panagopoulos, Pericles P ^a   Mariolis, Anargiros D ^b  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DRUG USE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ARABS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33750286557     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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