Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ota, Erika ^a   Mori, Rintaro ^a   Middleton, Philippa ^b   Tobe Gai, Ruoyan ^c   Mahomed, Kassam ^d   Miyazaki, Celine ^e   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ZINC;

EID: 84930933116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000230.pub5     Document Type: Review

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