Supplementation during pregnancy: beliefs and science

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 509-516

  Milman, Nils ^a   Paszkowski, Tomasz ^b   Cetin, Irene ^c   Castelo Branco, Camil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anemia; calcium; dietary supplementation; ferrous sulfate; folic acid; pregnancy; vitamin A; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON THERAPY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84961205358     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2016.1149161     Document Type: Review

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