Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Mccauley, Mary E ^a   van den Broek, Nynke ^a   Dou, Lixia ^b   Othman, Mohammad ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AL BAHA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; BETA CAROTENE; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; RED PALM OIL; RETINOL; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; RETINOL PALMITATE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; VITAMIN;

ANEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT MORTALITY; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN ANEMIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN VOMITING; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84961942980     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008666.pub3     Document Type: Review

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