Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy and lactation in low-to-middle-income developing country settings: Impact on pregnancy outcomes

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-12

  Salam, Rehana A ^a   Das, Jai K ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lactation; Low to middle income countries; Malnutrition; Multiple micronutrient supplementation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC; PROTEIN INTAKE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; INCOME; LACTATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84908602669     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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