The first 500 days of life: Policies to support maternal nutrition

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mason, John B ^a   Shrimpton, Roger ^a   Saldanha, Lisa S ^a   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^b   Victora, Cesar G ^c   Girard, Amy Webb ^b   McFarland, Deborah A ^b   Martorell, Reynaldo ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Intrauterine growth restriction; Maternal nutrition; Nutrition interventions; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904280508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23623     Document Type: Article

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