Hemoglobin and hematocrit values are higher and prevalence of anemia is lower in the post-folic acid fortification period than in the pre-folic acid fortification period in US adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 363-371

  Ganji, Vijay ^a   Kafai, Mohammad R ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMATINICS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149389258     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26287     Document Type: Article

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