Neither preconceptional weekly multiple micronutrient nor iron-folic acid supplements affect birth size and gestational age compared with a folic acid supplement alone in rural vietnamese women: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1445S-1452S

  Ramakrishnan, Usha ^a   Nguyen, Phuong H ^b,c   Gonzalez Casanova, Ines ^a   Pham, Hoa ^c   Hao, Wei ^a   Nguyen, Hieu ^c   Truong, Truong V ^c   Nguyen, Son ^c   Harding, Kimberly B ^d   Reinhart, Gregory A ^e   Neufeld, Lynnette M ^f   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^c Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy   (Viet Nam)

^d MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^e Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition   (United States)

^f GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Multiple micronutrient; Preconception; Randomized controlled trial; Supplement; Vietnam; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; OROSOMUCOID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STOMACH DISEASE; TERM BIRTH; UNDERWEIGHT; VIETNAMESE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977539513     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.223420     Document Type: Article

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