Prevalence and correlates of zinc deficiency in pregnant Vietnamese women in Ho Chi Minh City

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 614-619

  Nguyen, Vinh Quang ^a   Goto, Aya ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Tu Van T ^d   Vo, Khoa Tuan ^e   Ta, Tuyet Mai T ^f   Nguyen, Thuy Ninh T ^a   Nguyen, Tien Minh ^a   Ho, My Binh T ^a   Phan, Ngoc Anh T ^a   Vu, Hong Hanh T ^a   Truong, Thuc My ^a   Nguyen, Hung T ^a  

^a Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^e People's Hospital 115   (Viet Nam)

^f Nhan Dan Gia Dinh Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Dietary supplement; Pregnant women; Vietnam; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VEGETARIAN DIET; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VIETNAM; ZINC;

EID: 84890049001     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.4.05     Document Type: Article

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