Fortified mineral water improves folate status and decreases plasma homocysteine concentration in pregnant women

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Järvenpää, Jouko ^a   Schwab, Ursula ^b   Lappalainen, Tiina ^c   Päkkilä, Mervi ^a   Niskanen, Leo ^b   Punnonen, Kari ^b   Ryynänen, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fortified food; Homocysteine; Maternal folate status; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MINERAL WATER; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN D;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PARALLEL DESIGN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CALCIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MINERAL WATERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33847739422     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.024     Document Type: Article

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