Oxidative stress and antioxidant status of pregnant rural women in north-west Nigeria: Prospective cohort study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 544-547

  Ugwa, Emmanuel ^a   Gwarzo, Mohammed ^b   Ashimi, Adewale ^a  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Nigeria; Oxidative stress; Pregnant; Prospective cohort

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; RETINOL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NIGERIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLISM; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NIGERIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929336612     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.924102     Document Type: Article

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