title: Magnesium: the relevance of research.
abstract: The recent flurry of apparently conflicting research findings is likely to have left practitioners, if not at a loss, at least bemused about this topic. How best should the midwife advise the childbearing woman on the subject of magnesium supplementation during pregnancy? It is possible that the recent welter of words may not have been of very much help to any of those who read them. In this paper I suggest that the researchers may actually be missing the point as far as providing useful and usable data is concerned.
authors.affiliation: University of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mander
mesh_terms: D019343:Citric Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D019343:Citric Acid; C110422:magnesium citrate