Maternal micronutrient status and preterm versus term birth for black and white US women

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 939-948

  Dunlop, Anne L ^a   Taylor, Robert N ^a   Tangpricha, Vin ^a   Fortunato, Stephen ^b   Menon, Ramkumar ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Perinatal Research Center   (United States)

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

Author keywords

micronutrients; nutritional deficiencies; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; FOLIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; NULLIPARA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864965112     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112438442     Document Type: Article

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