Effect of 2 pieces of nutritional advice on folate status in Swedish women: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1053-1058

  Öhrvik, Veronica E ^a   Olsson, Johan C ^a   Sundberg, Birgitta E ^b   Witthöft, Cornelia M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KPL Good Food Practice AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN; BLOOD; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ADULT; BREAD; CEREALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 63649155026     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27192     Document Type: Article

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