Zinc status of a group of pregnant Spanish women: Effects on anthropometric data and Apgar scores of neonates

Nutrition Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1423-1428

  Ortega, Rosa M ^a   Quintas, M Elena ^a   Andrés, Pedro ^a   Martínez, Rosa M ^b   López Sobaler, Ana M ^a   Requejo, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Hospital INSALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apgar scores; Birth weight; Pregnancy; Serum zinc; Zinc; Zinc intake

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033199651     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(99)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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