Oral zinc supplementation in pregnant women and its effect on birth weight: A randomised controlled trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Hafeez, A ^a,c   Mehmood, G ^b   Mazhar, F ^a  

^a KRL Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c KRL Hospital ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; ZINC;

EID: 14744297872     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.063008     Document Type: Article

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