Independent and Joint Effects of Prenatal Zinc and Vitamin A Deficiencies on Birthweight in Rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia: Prospective Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Gebremedhin, Samson ^a   Enquselassie, Fikre ^b   Umeta, Melaku ^c  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RETINOL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84871261829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050213     Document Type: Article

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