Zinc status and cognitive function of pregnant women in Southern Ethiopia

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 916-918

  Stoecker, Barbara J ^a   Abebe, Y ^b   Hubbs Tait, L ^a   Kennedy, T S ^a   Gibson, R S ^c   Arbide, I ^d   Teshome, A ^d   Westcott, J ^e   Krebs, N F ^e   Hambidge, K M ^e  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d Bushulo Health Centre   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; RATING SCALE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MATERNAL AGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 67650225584     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2008.77     Document Type: Article

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