Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2021, Issue 3, 2021, Pages

  Carducci, Bianca ^a   Keats, Emily C ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC;

FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN DEATH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STILLBIRTH; ZINC;

EID: 85102990190     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000230.pub6     Document Type: Review

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