The post-partum mid-upper arm circumference of adolescents is reduced by pregnancy in rural Nepal

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-295

  Katz, Joanne ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^b   LeClerq, Steven C ^a   West, Keith P ^a   Christian, Parul ^a  

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

^b Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Mid upper arm circumference; Nepal; Nutrition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE; IRON FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEAT; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MUSCLE; NEPAL; NULLIPARA; NUTRITION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEPAL; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954163147     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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