Folate levels in pregnant women who smoke: An important gene/environment interaction

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 620-625

  McDonald, Sarah D ^a   Perkins, Sherry L ^a   Jodouin, Carol Ann ^a   Walker, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folate; Gene environment interaction; Homocysteine; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Smoking; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALBUMIN; COTININE; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0036740637     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.125239     Document Type: Article

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