Earlier initiation and use of a greater number of iron-folic acid supplements during pregnancy prevents early neonatal deaths in Nepal and Pakistan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Nisar, Yasir Bin ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EARLY NEONATAL DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PERCEIVED BIRTH SIZE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME TO TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84911899189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112446     Document Type: Article

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