The effect of zinc supplementation on pregnancy outcome: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2194-2198

  Zahiri Sorouri, Ziba ^a   Sadeghi, Hossein ^a   Pourmarzi, Davoud ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth weight; maternal outcome; neonatal outcome; zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; ZINC SULFATE; ZINC;

ADULT; AMNIONITIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84941243265     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1079615     Document Type: Article

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