Plasma zinc concentrations of mothers and the risk of oral clefts in their children in Utah

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Munger, Ronald G ^a   Tamura, Tsunenobu ^b   Johnston, Kelley E ^b   Feldkamp, Marcia L ^c,d   Pfister, Roxane ^a   Carey, John C ^c,d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Human; Malformations; Plasma zinc; Utah; Zinc status

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 62949122997     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20516     Document Type: Article

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