Cobalamin and folate status in infants and young children in a low-to-middle income community in India

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1302-1309

  Taneja, Sunita ^a,g   Bhandari, Nita ^a,g   Strand, Tor A ^b   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^b   Refsum, Helga ^c,d   Ueland, Per M ^b   Schneede, Jörn ^e   Bahl, Rajiv ^a   Bhan, Maharaj Kishan ^a,f  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Department of Biotechnology ^*  (India)

^g SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Cobalamin; Folate; Homocysteine; India; Methylmalonic acid

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 36249025251     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.5.1302     Document Type: Article

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