The prevalence of folic acid deficiency among adolescent girls living in Edirne, Turkey

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 599-606

  Öner, Naci ^a   Vatansever, Ülfet ^a   Karasalihoǧlu, Serap ^a   Ekuklu, Galip ^a   Çeltik, Coşkun ^a   Biner, Betül ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Deficiency; Folic acid; Intake; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRIENT; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INCOME; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 33646020694     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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