The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) cohort study: Rationale and methods

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-60

  Kaplan, Bonnie J ^a   Giesbrecht, Gerald F ^a   Leung, Brenda M Y ^a   Field, Catherine J ^b   Dewey, Deborah ^a   Bell, Rhonda C ^b   Manca, Donna P ^b   O'Beirne, Maeve ^a,c   Johnston, David W ^a   Pop, Victor J ^d   Singhal, Nalini ^a   Gagnon, Lisa ^c   Bernier, Francois P ^a   Eliasziw, Misha ^e   Mccargar, Linda J ^b   Kooistra, Libbe ^f   Farmer, Anna ^b   Cantell, Marja ^f   Goonewardene, Laki ^b   Casey, Linda M ^b   Letourneau, Nicole ^a   Martin, Jonathan W ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Longitudinal cohort study; Mental health; Neurodevelopmental outcomes; Nutrition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; THYROID FUNCTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIRTH OUTCOMES; LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY;

ALBERTA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURONS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84890538140     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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