Folate status of mothers during pregnancy and mental and psychomotor development of their children at five years of age

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 703-708

  Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   Chapman, Victoria R ^a   Johnston, Kelley E ^a   Ramey, Sharon L ^c,d   Nelson, Kathleen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Folate; Homocysteine; Mental and psychomotor development; Pregnancy mothers

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; ZINC; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MATERNAL BLOOD; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; ZINC;

EID: 33644631845     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2189     Document Type: Article

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