Effects of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on children's weight and size at 2 years of age in Nepal: follow-up of a double-blind randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9611, 2008, Pages 492-499

  Vaidya, Anjana ^b   Saville, Naomi ^a   Shrestha, Bhim Prasad ^b   de L Costello, Anthony M ^a   Manandhar, Dharma S ^b   Osrin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 38849090687     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60172-5     Document Type: Article

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