Vitamin B-12 supplementation during pregnancy and early lactation increases maternal, breast milk, and infant measures of vitamin B-12 status

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 758-764

  Duggan, Christopher ^a,b,e   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Samuel, Tinu ^a   Rajendran, Ramya ^a   Muthayya, Sumithra ^a   Finkelstein, Julia L ^c   Lukose, Ammu ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie ^b   Allen, Lindsay H ^d   Bosch, Ronald J ^b   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898911953     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.187278     Document Type: Article

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