Determinants of compliance to antenatal micronutrient supplementation and womens perceptions of supplement use in rural Nepal

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-90

  Kulkarni, Bharati ^a   Christian, Parul ^b   LeClerq, Steven C ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

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

^c Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Compliance; Micronutrients; Nepal; Pregnancy; Supplements

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RURAL POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149124084     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005862     Document Type: Article

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