Plasma zinc, vitamin B12 and α-tocopherol are positively and plasma γ-tocopherol is negatively associated with Hb concentration in early pregnancy in north-west Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1354-1361

  Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^a   Kabir, Alamgir ^a   Merrill, Rebecca D ^b   Ali, Hasmot ^a   Rashid, Mahbubur ^c   Schulze, Kerry ^b   Labrique, Alain ^b   West, Keith P ^b   Christian, Parul ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Partners in Population and Development   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Keywords Hb; Pregnancy; Tocopherol; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; IRON INTAKE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84880073396     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013000475     Document Type: Article

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