Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation and pregnancy outcomes in developing countries: Meta-analysis and meta-regression

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 402-411

  Kawai, Kosuke ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Shankar, Anuraj H ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE SULFATE; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON, DIETARY; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 79958022711     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.083758     Document Type: Article

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