Red cell folate and predicted neural tube defect rate in three Asian cities

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-273

  Green, Timothy J ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^a   Venn, Bernard J ^a   Rockell, Jennifer E P ^a   Todd, Joanne M ^b   Khor, Geok L ^c   Su, Peng Loh ^c   Duraisamy, G ^c   Muslimatun, Siti ^d   Agustina, Rina ^d   Ling, Xu ^e   Xing, Xiaoping ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^e PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Fortification; NTD; Red cell folate; Women

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL CARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRECONCEPTION CARE;

EID: 34248594903     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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