The effect of maternal micronutrient supplementation on early neonatal morbidity in rural Nepal: A randomised, controlled, community trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 660-664

  Christian, Parul ^a,d   Darmstadt, G L ^a   Wu, L ^a   Khatry, S K ^b   LeClerq, S C ^a   Katz, J ^a   West Jr , K P ^a   Adhikari, R K ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS WEIGHT; HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL HEALTH; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; ZINC;

EID: 49049087756     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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