Maternal smoking is associated with decreased 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in cord plasma

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 796-802

  Stark, Ken D ^a   Pawlosky, Robert J ^b   Sokol, Robert J ^c   Hannigan, John H ^c   Salem Jr , Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 methyltetrahydrofolic acid; African American women; Electrospray mass spectrometry; Folate; Folic acid; Infants; Placenta; Pregnancy; Smoking; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 33847796942     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.3.796     Document Type: Article

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