| Title |
Zinc supplementation for mental and motor development in children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd007991.pub2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Siddhartha Gogia, Harshpal S Sachdev |
| Abstract |
Zinc deficiency is a significant public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. Zinc is essential for the formation and migration of neurons along with the formation of neuronal synapses. Its deficiency could interfere with the formation of neural pathways and with neurotransmission, thus affecting behavior (for example, attention, activity, engagement, temperament) and development (for example, gross and fine motor skills, social skills). Zinc supplementation provided to infants and children is a possible strategy to improve the mental and motor development of infants and children at high risk of zinc deficiency. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 256 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 44 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 39 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 40 | 16% |
| Unknown | 63 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 70 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 47 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 5% |
| Psychology | 13 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 34 | 13% |
| Unknown | 72 | 28% |
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