Maternal and Cord Blood Serum Levels of Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Healthy Pregnant Jordanian Women

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Awadallah, Samir M ^a   Abu Elteen, K H ^a   Elkarmi, A Z ^a   Qaraein, S H ^b   Salem, N M ^a   Mubarak, M S ^c  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Obstet and Gynecol Private Clinic   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Hemoglobin; Jordan; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; JORDAN; MATERNAL SERUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

JORDANIA;

EID: 1642540440     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtra.10032     Document Type: Article

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