Modifiers of the effect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on stillbirth, birth outcomes, and infant mortality: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from 17 randomised trials in low-income and middle-income countries

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2017, Pages e1090-e1100

  Smith, Emily R ^a,b   Shankar, Anuraj H ^a,c   Wu, Lee S F ^d,e   Aboud, Said ^f   Adu Afarwuah, Seth ^g   Ali, Hasmot ^d,e   Agustina, Rina ^c,h   Arifeen, Shams ⁱ   Ashorn, Per ^j   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^k,l   Christian, Parul ^d,e   Devakumar, Delanjathan ^m   Dewey, Kathryn G ⁿ   Friis, Henrik ^o   Gomo, Exnevia ^p   Gupta, Piyush ^q   Kæstel, Pernille ^o   Kolsteren, Patrick ^r,s   Lanou, Hermann ^t   Maleta, Kenneth ^u   Mamadoultaibou, Aissa ^v   Msamanga, Gernard ^f   Osrin, David ^m   Persson, Lars Åke ^w   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^x   Rivera, Juan A ^y   Rizvi, Arjumand ^l   Sachdev, H P S ^z   Urassa, Willy ^f   West, Keith P ^d,e   Zagre, Noel ^aa   Zeng, Lingxia ^ab   Zhu, Zhonghai ^ab   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Sudfeld, Christopher R ^a   more..

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Nusa Tenggara Barat   (Indonesia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^h CIPTO MANGUNKUSUMO HOSPITAL   (Indonesia)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^j TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^k HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^l AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^m UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^q UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^r INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^s GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^t Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^v Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (Gabon)

^w UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^x EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^z Sitar am Bhartia Institute of Science and Research   (India)

^aa UNICEF   (United States)

^ab MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MATERNAL CARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042203103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30371-6     Document Type: Article

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