Maternal zinc supplementation does not affect size at birth or pregnancy duration in Peru

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1563-1568

  Caulfield, Laura E ^a   Zavaleta, Nelly ^b   Figueroa, Alberto ^b   Leon, Zulema ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Humans; Peru; Pregnancy; Zinc

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PERU; POSTMATURITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0032820422     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.8.1563     Document Type: Article

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