Maternal vitamin B-12 and folate status during pregnancy and excessive infant crying

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-314

  Goedhart, Geertje ^a   van der Wal, Marcel F ^a   van Eijsden, Manon ^a   Bonsel, Gouke J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ABCD study; Folate; Infant crying; Pregnancy; Psychological problems; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYING; EXCESSIVE INFANT CRYING; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANXIETY; CRYING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 79953028459     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.01.037     Document Type: Article

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