Folate intakes and folate biomarker profiles of pregnant Japanese women in the first trimester

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Mito, N ^a   Takimoto, H ^b   Umegaki, K ^a   Ishiwaki, A ^a   Kusama, K ^c   Fukuoka, H ^d   Ohta, S ^e   Abe, S ^f   Yamawaki, M ^g   Ishida, H ^h   Yoshiike, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KOCHI WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Ohta Hospital   (Japan)

^f Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital   (Japan)

^g Matsushima Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^h KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FRUIT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SPINACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET RECORDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; JAPAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 33845526997     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602497     Document Type: Article

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