Nutritional status in pregnant adolescents: A systematic review of biochemical markers

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-93

  Hall Moran, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Nutritional status; Pregnancy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; ANEMIA; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONSENSUS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947137722     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00081.x     Document Type: Review

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