The effect of high doses of folic acid and iron supplementation in early-to-mid pregnancy on prematurity and fetal growth retardation: The mother-child cohort study in Crete, Greece (Rhea study)

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 327-336

  Papadopoulou, Eleni ^a,b,c,e   Stratakis, Nikolaos ^d   Roumeliotaki, Theano ^d   Sarri, Katerina ^d   Merlo, Domenic F ^f   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,e,g   Chatzi, Leda ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Folic acid; Iron; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Supplements

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLIC ACID; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; IRON, DIETARY; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

RHEA;

EID: 84872677264     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-012-0339-z     Document Type: Article

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