Effect of zinc supplementation of pregnant women on the mental and psychomotor development of their children at 5 y of age

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1512-1516

  Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   Ramey, Sharon L ^c   Nelson, Kathleen G ^b   Chapman, Victoria R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal zinc nutriture; Head circumference; Mental and psychomotor development; Prenatal zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ZINC;

EID: 0038578117     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.6.1512     Document Type: Article

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