Not Signed In - Prenatal Multivitamins For Undernourished Women May Reduce Risk Of Low Birth Weight
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:00 AM EST
... Undernourished women who take a vitamin and mineral supplement while pregnant may be less likely than women taking only iron and folic acid supplements to have babies weighing less than 2,500 grams, and their newborns may be less likely to have morbidity in the first seven days of life, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...
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