Plasma zinc levels during pregnancy and its relationship to maternal and neonatal characteristics: A longitudinal study

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-202

  Aydemir, Füsun ^a   Çavdar, Ayhan O ^a   Söylemez, Feride ^a   Cengiz, Bora ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neonatal outcome; Nutritional status; Pregnancy; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

ANKARA;

EID: 0037349022     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:91:3:193     Document Type: Article

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