Maternal and neonatal serum zinc level and its relationship with neural tube defects

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-350

  Dey, Arjun Chandra ^a   Shahidullah, Mohammod ^a   Mannan, Mohammad Abdul ^a   Noor, Mohammad Khaled ^a   Saha, Laxmi ^b   Rahman, Shahana A ^a  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Bangladesh; Case control studies; Neural tube defects; Serum zinc; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 78049379974     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i4.6040     Document Type: Article

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