The relationship of neonatal serum vitamin B12 status with birth weight

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 538-543

  Muthayya, S ^a   Dwarkanath, P ^a   Mhaskar, M ^a   Mhaskar, R ^a   Thomas, A ^a   Duggan, C P ^b   Fawzi, W W ^b   Bhat, S ^a   Vaz, M ^a   Kurpad, A V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; India; Neonatal vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 33845425254     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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