Folate deficiency is associated with obesity and anemia in Mexican urban women

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1389-1394

  Casanueva, Esther ^a   Drijanski, Alejandra ^b   Fernández Gaxiola, Ana Cecilia ^b   Meza, Carlos ^a   Pfeffer, Frania ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anemia; Folic acid; Mexico; Obesity; Vitamin B12; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MEXICO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033807154     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(00)80020-2     Document Type: Article

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