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Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: Review of methods and characteristics of studies included in the meta-analyses

author(s) Ronsmans, C.. - Allen, L.H.. - Fall, C.H.D.. - Fisher, D.J.. - Margetts, B.M..
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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themes
regions
  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Central America
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Eastern Africa
  • Eastern Asia
citation

Margetts, B.M.; Fall, C.H.D.; Ronsmans, C.; Allen, L.H.; Fisher, D.J.; Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group (MMSSG). Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: Review of methods and characteristics of studies included in the meta-analyses. Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2009) 30 (Supplement 4) 517-526. (Supplement 4: Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy in Developing Country Settings; ed. by Dalmiya, N., Darnton-Hill, I., Schultink, W. and Shrimpton, R.)

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Abstract

This paper reports on the methods and characteristics of 12 studies from developing countries included in a meta-analysis of the impact of antenatal supplements of multiple micronutrients compared with iron-folic acid on micronutrient status, maternal nutritional status, birth outcomes, and neonatal survival

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