Comparing folic acid pharmacokinetics among women of childbearing age: Single dose ingestion of 1.1 MG versus 5 MG folic acid

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Nguyen, Patricia ^a,b   Boskovic, Rada ^b   Yazdani, Parvaneh ^b   Kapur, Bhushan ^a,b,c   Vandenberghe, Hilde ^d   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Multivitamin; NTD; Pharmacokinetics; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 58149352931     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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