Status of plasma folate after folic acid fortification of the food supply in pregnant African American women and the influences of diet, smoking, and alcohol consumption

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 669-677

  Stark, Ken D ^a   Pawlosky, Robert J ^a   Beblo, Skadi ^a   Murthy, Mahadev ^a   Flanagan, Vincent P ^b   Janisse, James ^d   Buda Abela, Michelle ^d   Rockett, Helaine ^c   Whitty, Janice E ^d   Sokol, Robert J ^d   Hannigan, John H ^d   Salem Jr , Norman ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Methyltetrahydrofolic acid; African American women; Alcohol; Electrospray mass spectrometry; Folate; Folic acid; Fortification; Human plasma; Nutrition; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Pregnancy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE; FOLIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 15744368312     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.3.669     Document Type: Article

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