Maternal folate status during extended lactation and the effect of supplemental folic acid

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 285-292

  Mackey, Amy D ^b   Picciano, Mary Frances ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dietary folate intake; Erythrocyte folate; Lactation; Milk folate; Plasma folate; Plasma homocysteine; Women

Indexed keywords

CENTRUM LIQUID; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; MATERNA; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK LEVEL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETICULOCYTE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0032924028     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.2.285     Document Type: Article

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