Impact of food rations and supplements on micronutrient status by trimester of pregnancy: Cross-sectional studies in the maela refugee camp in Thailand

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Stuetz, Wolfgang ^a   Carrara, Verena I ^b   McGready, Rose ^b,c   Lee, Sue J ^c,d   Sriprawat, Kanlaya ^b   Po, Basi ^b   Hanboonkunupakarn, Borimas ^d   Grune, Tilman ^e   Biesalski, Hans K ^a   Nosten, François H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Iron status; Micronutrients; Pregnancy; Refugee; Retinol; Thiamine; Tocopherol; Zinc; carotene

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; COBALAMIN; COCARBOXYLASE; COPPER; FAT; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; NICOTINAMIDE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOYBEAN OIL; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRYPTOPHAN; ZINC;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FISH; FLOUR; FRUIT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFIED FLOUR; MUNG BEAN; OIL SUPPLEMENTATION; PREGNANCY; REFUGEE CAMP; RICE; THAILAND; VEGETABLE; WHEAT FLOUR; ZINC DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GARDENING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GARDENING; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REFUGEES; THAILAND; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957109020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8020066     Document Type: Article

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