Dietary and serum folate: Their influence on the outcome of pregnancy

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 520-525

  Scholl, Theresa O ^a,b   Hediger, Mary L ^a   Schall, Joan I ^a   Khoo, Chor San ^a   Fischer, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; low birth weight; nutrition; pregnancy; preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029873736     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.4.520     Document Type: Article

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