The effect of micronutrient supplements on female fertility

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-180

  Buhling, Kai J ^a   Grajecki, Donata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fertility; Folic acid; Micronutrients; Selenium; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELENIUM; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84877775186     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3283609138     Document Type: Review

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