Impact of preconceptional micronutrient supplementation on maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum: Results from a randomized controlled trial in Vietnam

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

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

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Mental health; Multiple micronutrient; Preconception; Randomized controlled trial; Supplement; Vietnam; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026677725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-017-0401-3     Document Type: Article

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