Maternal iron and folic acid supplementation is associated with lower risk of low birthweight in India

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1309-1315

  Balarajan, Yarlini ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON, DIETARY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881328200     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.172015     Document Type: Article

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