Zinc status of vegetarians during pregnancy: A systematic review of observational studies and meta-analysis of zinc intake

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4512-4525

  Foster, Meika ^a   Herulah, Ursula Nirmala ^b   Prasad, Ashlini ^c   Petocz, Peter ^c   Samman, Samir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Diet; Intake; Pregnancy; Requirement; Status; Vegetarian; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MINERAL INTAKE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETARIAN DIET; ZINC INTAKE; BLOOD; FEMALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VEGETARIAN;

SCOPUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ZINC;

BIOMARKERS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VEGETARIANS; ZINC;

EID: 84930965809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7064512     Document Type: Article

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