Effects of prenatal and/or postnatal supplementation with iron, PUFA or folic acid on neurodevelopment: Update

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 122, Issue s1, 2019, Pages S10-S15

  Chmielewska, Anna ^a   Dziechciarz, Piotr ^a   Gieruszczak Białek, Dorota ^a   Horvath, Andrea ^a   Pieścik Lech, Małgorzata ^a   Ruszczyński, Marek ^a   Skórka, Agata ^a   Szajewska, Hania ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Iron; Neurodevelopment; PUFA

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIET; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; IRON THERAPY; LACTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SUPPLEMENTATION; VISION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BRAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; LACTATION; MEDLINE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84955270756     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514004243     Document Type: Article

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