Impact of Periconceptional Folic Acid Supplementation on Low Birth Weight and Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants in China: A Large Prospective Cohort Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 105-110

  Li, Nan ^a   Li, Zhiwen ^a   Ye, Rongwei ^a   Liu, Jianmeng ^a   Ren, Aiguo ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

cohort study; folic acid; low birth weight; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERICONCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; MOTHER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEWBORN; PREMATURE BIRTH;

CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MOTHERS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85019917488     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.04.060     Document Type: Article

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