Zinc deficiency in pregnant experimental animals limits fetal growth and, if severe, causes
teratogenic anomalies. Although the data from human studies are not consistent, similar …

In 92 Hindu Asians, 59% of them vegetarian, and 51 Europeans longitudinal measurements
were made during pregnancy of the zinc and copper concentrations in plasma and hair …

ABSTRACT A study was conducted at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, among 272
adolescent pregnant women to ascertain the relationship of pregnancy outcome to plasma …

This report consists of two separate studies. Study I was a prospective one in which 23
pregnant women ultrasonically diagnosed as having small fetuses were compared with 22 …

As a follow-up of our study of pregnant women, we report effects of zinc supplementation
during pregnancy in another population of 138 Hispanic teenagers in Los Angeles …

Women outpatients or in a hospital maternity ward in New Delhi, India, were 17 in the 1st, 17
in the 2nd trimester, 16 within 3 days after parturition and 36 nonpregnant controls. Diet was …

Plasma copper and zinc levels were studied in 15 non-pregnant, 176 normal pregnant, 19
pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) and 7 eclamptic women in different trimesters of …

Objective.—To evaluate whether zinc supplementation during pregnancy is associated with
an increase in birth weight. Design.—A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial …

Objective: To detennine the relationship between pretenn birth and ma-ternal and neonatal
zinc and copper status. Methods: This case-control study consisted of 53 neonates with …

Serum, hair and urinary zinc levels were measured in 51 pregnant Lebanese women during
the last 6 weeks of pregnancy and in 50 nonpregnant controls. Mean serum zinc was …