Micronutrients, birth weight, and survival

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue , 2010, Pages 83-104

  Christian, Parul ^a  

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

Author keywords

fetal growth; gestation; infant; maternal; minerals; mortality; pregnancy; vitamins

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77955632066     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.012809.104813     Document Type: Review

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