Racial disparities in preterm birth: An overview of the potential role of nutrient deficiencies

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1332-1341

  Dunlop, Anne L ^a   Kramer, Michael R ^b   Hogue, Carol J R ^b   Menon, Ramkumar ^c   Ramakrishan, Usha ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; health disparity; micronutrients; nutritional deficiency; pregnancy outcome; preterm birth; women's health

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIDIOL 1 MONOOXYGENASE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; ZINC;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS GROWTH; FISH; FISH MEAT; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MEDLINE; NEUTROPHIL; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 81355129053     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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