Effect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplements on cord blood hormones: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1649-1658

  Roberfroid, Dominique ^a   Huybregts, Lieven ^c   Lanou, Hermann ^b   Henry, Marie Claire ^b   Meda, Nicolas ^b   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; IRON; LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROXINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANCY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIPARA; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BURKINA FASO; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953047805     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28855     Document Type: Article

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