Concentrations of Serum Zinc, Hemoglobin and Ferritin among Pregnant Women and their Effects on Birth Outcomes in Kashan, Iran

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-45

  Samimi, Mansoureh ^b   Asemi, Zatollah ^b   Taghizadeh, Mohsen ^b   Azarbad, Zohreh ^b   Rahimi Foroushani, Abbas ^c   Sarahroodi, Shadi ^a  

^a QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth head circumference; Birth height; Birth weight; Hemoglobin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857460036     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2012.08     Document Type: Article

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