Association between lower hair zinc levels and neural tube defects

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 519-522

  Srinivas, M ^a   Gupta, D K ^a   Rathi, S S ^a   Grover, J K ^a   Vats, V ^a   Sharma, J D ^b   Mitra, D K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Hair; Neural tube defects; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INDIA; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0035375228     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02723245     Document Type: Article

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