The folate status of pre-natal follow up pregnant women at hospital in Taipei

Nutritional Sciences Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-16

  Chen, Kuan Ju ^a,b   Shaw, Ning Sing ^a   Lin, Bi Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Folate; Folate status of pregnancy; Plasma folate; RBC folate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; TAIWAN;

EID: 33751029781     PISSN: 10116958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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