Effects of nutrition on zinc, folic acid, and vitamin B12 levels during pregnancy

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Erdogan, Maturat ^a   Üstüner, Isik ^a   Cengiz, Bora ^a   Söylemez, Feride ^a   Çavdar, Ayhan O ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Academy of Sciences   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Vitamin B12; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (BIRD); VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAMIN B 12; ZINC;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 31544452140     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:109:2:105     Document Type: Article

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