Adding zinc to prenatal iron and folate tablets improves fetal neurobehavioral development

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 180, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 483-490

  Merialdi, M ^a   Caulfield, L E ^a   Zavaleta, N ^a   Figueroa, A ^a   DiPietro, J A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electronic fetal monitoring; Fetal development; Peru; Zinc

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032936218     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70236-X     Document Type: Article

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