Association between maternal zinc status, dietary zinc intake and pregnancy complications: A systematic review

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Wilson, Rebecca L ^a,b   Grieger, Jessica A ^a,b   Bianco Miotto, Tina ^a,c   Roberts, Claire T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circulating zinc; Dietary zinc intake; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; MEDLINE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; ZINC;

EID: 84991624840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8100641     Document Type: Review

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