Evidence of unmetabolised folic acid and cord blood of newborn and serum of 4-day-old infants

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 727-730

  Sweeney, Mary R ^a,b   McPartlin, Joseph ^a   Weir, Donald G ^a   Daly, Sean ^c   Pentieva, Kristina ^d   Daly, Leslie ^b   Scott, John M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulatory unmetabolised folic acid; Cord blood; Folic acid; Infant formula; Infants; Ireland

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; IRELAND; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEWBORN CARE; SIDE EFFECT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

FETAL BLOOD; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 27944468694     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051572     Document Type: Article

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