PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hafeez, A
AU  - Mehmood, G
AU  - Mazhar, F
TI  - Oral zinc supplementation in pregnant women and its effect on birth weight: a randomised controlled trial
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2004.063008
DP  - 2005 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
PG  - F170--F171
VI  - 90
IP  - 2
4099  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/2/F170.short
4100  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/2/F170.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2005 Mar 01; 90
AB  - Pakistan lies in a zinc deficient area where oral zinc supplementation has been advocated for various reasons. A double blind, randomised case-control study was carried out on pregnant women to evaluate the effects of oral zinc supplementation on the weights of newborns. No significant difference was found in the birth weights between the cases supplemented with 20 mg elemental zinc and controls receiving oral placebos (p  =  0.57).