Zinc nutriture and pregnancy outcome

Nutrition Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-181

  Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; fetal growth; pregnancy and delivery complications; pregnancy outcome; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030026556     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0271-5317(95)02068-3     Document Type: Review

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