Report for: Zinc supplementation for mental and motor development in children

Title	Zinc supplementation for mental and motor development in children
Published in	Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2012
DOI	10.1002/14651858.cd007991.pub2
Pubmed ID	23235652
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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Members of the public	6	100%

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Researcher	41	18%
Student > Master	37	16%
Student > Bachelor	28	12%
Student > Ph. D. Student	23	10%
Student > Doctoral Student	17	7%
Other	35	15%
Unknown	48	21%

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Medicine and Dentistry	65	28%
Nursing and Health Professions	45	20%
Social Sciences	13	6%
Psychology	13	6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	7	3%
Other	32	14%
Unknown	54	24%

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Zinc supplementation for mental and motor development in children

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