Periconceptional Multivitamin Use and Infant Birth Weight Disparities

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Burris, Heather H ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^b   Werler, Martha M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Continental Ancestry Group; Birth Weight; Ethnic Groups; Preconception Care; Pregnancy; Premature Birth; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MASSACHUSETTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75949114463     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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