Folate, vitamin B12 and homocysteine status in women of childbearing age: Baseline data of folic acid wheat flour fortification in Iran

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-150

  Abdollahi, Z ^a   Elmadfa, I ^b   Djazayeri, A ^a   Sadeghian, S ^a   Freisling, H ^b   Salehi Mazandarani, F ^a   Mohamed, K ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Food fortification; Homocysteine; Iran; Vitamin B12; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERVIEW; IRAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WHEAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TRITICUM; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449119786     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170890     Document Type: Article

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