The role of maternal diet and iron-folic acid supplements in influencing birth weight: Evidence from India's national family health survey

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 454-460

  Malhotra, Nisha ^a   Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash ^b   Bhilwar, Meenakshi ^b   Choy, Nicholas ^c   Green, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^c IData Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Birth size; Iron and folic acid supplements; Low birth weight; Mother's diet

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAN; CHRISTIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HINDU; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON THERAPY; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAT; MILK; MOTHER; MUSLIM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON INTAKE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON, DIETARY; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929005556     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu051     Document Type: Article

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