Maternal zinc indices and small babies

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 120-121

  George, Susan S ^a,b   Swaminathan, S ^a,c   Kanagasabapathy, A S ^a,c   Seshadri, L ^a,b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Clinical Biochemistry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 0031848821     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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