Geographical, Seasonal and Gender Differences in Folate Status among Chinese Adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3630-3635

  Hao, Ling ^a   Ma, Jing ^b   Stampfer, Meir J ^b,c   Ren, Aiguo ^a   Tian, Yihua ^a   Tang, Yi ^a   Willett, Walter C ^b,c   Li, Zhu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese adults; Folate; Gender; Geographic difference; Season; Smoking

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0242661097     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.11.3630     Document Type: Article

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