Interventions with Vitamins B6, B12 and C in pregnancy

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 55-74

  Dror, Daphna K ^a   Allen, Lindsay H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

cobalamin; pregnancy; vitamin B12; vitamin B6; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; PYRIDOXINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DENTAL HEALTH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B 6 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84863110492     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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