Maternal nutrition and birth outcomes

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-25

  Abu Saad, Kathleen ^a   Fraser, Drora ^b  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

fetal growth retardation; infant, low birth weight; micronutrients; pregnancy outcome; premature birth; prenatal nutritional physiological phenomena; social class

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PROTEIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDLINE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL CLASS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77954985023     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxq001     Document Type: Review

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