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| KIMBERLY O O'BRIENSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Influence of prenatal iron and zinc supplements on supplemental iron absorption, red blood cell iron incorporation, and iron status in pregnant Peruvian womenK O O'Brien
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 69:509-15. 1999..It is estimated that 60% of pregnant women worldwide are anemic...
Regulation of mineral metabolism from fetus to infant: metabolic studiesK O O'Brien
Center for Human Nutrition, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2179, USA
Acta Paediatr Suppl 88:88-91. 1999..Further studies using stable mineral isotopes during gestation, infancy and childhood will provide additional information on the regulation of mineral absorption and transport during these key periods of growth...
Bone mineral content in girls perinatally infected with HIVK O O'Brien
Johns Hopkins University Center for Human Nutrition, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 73:821-6. 2001..Despite these advances, few studies have addressed calcium status and bone growth in HIV-infected children...
Maternal iron status influences iron transfer to the fetus during the third trimester of pregnancyKIMBERLY O O'BRIEN
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:924-30. 2003..The effect of maternal iron status on fetal iron deposition is uncertain...
Calcium absorption is significantly higher in adolescents during pregnancy than in the early postpartum periodKIMBERLY O O'BRIEN
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room 2041, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:1188-93. 2003..Early childbearing may limit skeletal consolidation and increase calcium demands in adolescents...
Vitamin D insufficiency is prevalent among pregnant African American adolescentsLisa McGuire Davis
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 23:45-52. 2010..Recent attention has focused on vitamin D insufficiency but few data exist on vitamin D status among pregnant minority youth...
