Declining levels of erythrocyte folate during the postpartum period among Hispanic women living on the Texas-Mexico border

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 397-403

  O'Rourke, Kathleen M ^a,c   Redlinger, Thomas E ^a   Waller, D Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UT School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICO; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034095892     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15246090050020718     Document Type: Article

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