Benefits of supplementation with multiple micronutrients in pregnancy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1444, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 3-5

  Black, Robert E ^a   Dewey, Kathryn G ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

folic acid; iron; LMIC; micronutrients; nutrients; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85065158018     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14088     Document Type: Note

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