A multicountry randomized controlled trial of comprehensive maternal nutrition supplementation initiated before conception: The Women First trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 457-469

  Hambidge, K Michael ^a   Westcott, Jamie E ^a   Garcés, Ana ^b   Figueroa, Lester ^b   Goudar, Shivaprasad S ^c   Dhaded, Sangappa M ^c   Pasha, Omrana ^d,e   Ali, Sumera A ^d   Tshefu, Antoinette ^f   Lokangaka, Adrien ^f   Derman, Richard J ^g   Goldenberg, Robert L ^h   Bose, Carl L ⁱ   Bauserman, Melissa ⁱ   Koso Thomas, Marion ^j   Thorsten, Vanessa R ^k   Sridhar, Amaanti ^k   Stolka, Kristen ^k   Das, Abhik ^k   McClure, Elizabeth M ^k   Krebs, Nancy F ^a   more..

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b INCAP ^*  (Guatemala)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

^g THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Columbia University ^*  (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^k RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

birth length; lipid nutrient supplement; preconception; pregnancy; stunting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDER; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; BODY SIZE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85061474848     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy228     Document Type: Article

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