Dietary intake of choline and plasma choline concentrations in pregnant women in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 355-359

  Gossell Williams, Maxine ^a   Fletcher, H ^a   McFarlane Anderson, N ^a   Jacob, A ^a   Patel, J ^b   Zeisel, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 33645648064     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000600002     Document Type: Article

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