Review of the evidence regarding the use of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation in low- and middle-income countries

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1444, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 6-21

  Bourassa, Megan W ^a   Osendarp, Saskia J M ^b,c   Adu Afarwuah, Seth ^d   Ahmed, Saima ^a   Ajello, Clayton ^e   Bergeron, Gilles ^a   Black, Robert ^f   Christian, Parul ^f,g   Cousens, Simon ^h   de Pee, Saskia ^c,i,j   Dewey, Kathryn G ^k   Arifeen, Shams El ^l   Engle Stone, Reina ^k   Fleet, Alison ^m   Gernand, Alison D ⁿ   Hoddinott, John ^o   Klemm, Rolf ^e,p   Kraemer, Klaus ^q   Kupka, Roland ^m   McLean, Erin ^m   Moore, Sophie E ^r   Neufeld, Lynnette M ^s   Persson, Lars Åke ^h   Rasmussen, Kathleen M ^o   Shankar, Anuraj H ^t,u   Smith, Emily ^g,t   Sudfeld, Christopher R ^t   Udomkesmalee, Emorn ^v   Vosti, Stephen A ^k   more..

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Osendarp Nutrition   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e The Vitamin Angels Alliance   (United States)

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

^g BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ World Food Programme   (Italy)

^j TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^m UNICEF   (United States)

ⁿ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^p Helen Keller International   (United States)

^q Sight and Life   (Switzerland)

^r KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^t HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^u Nusa Tenggara Barat   (Indonesia)

^v MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

more..

Author keywords

LMICs; micronutrient; pregnancy; supplements

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; NEWBORN;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 85066409444     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14121     Document Type: Review

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