Dietary and blood folate status of Malaysian women of childbearing age

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-349

  Geok, Lin Khor ^a   Duraisamy, G ^a   Peng Loh, Su ^a   Green, Timothy J ^b   Skeaff, C Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blood folate; Dietary intake; Malaysia; Neural tube defects; Women

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MARRIAGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MARITAL STATUS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 33748849463     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: 09647058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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