Effects of once-a-week or daily folic acid supplementation on red blood cell folate concentrations in women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 548-554

  Norsworthy, B ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^a   Adank, C ^a   Green, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Folate; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Red Blood cell folate; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842580416     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601843     Document Type: Article

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