Folate and vitamin B12 status of women of reproductive age living in Hanoi City and Hai Duong Province of Vietnam

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 941-946

  Hien, Vu Thi Thu ^a   Lam, Nguyen Thi ^a   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^a   Dung, Nguyen Tri ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^b   Venn, Bernard J ^b   Walmsley, Trevor ^c   George, Peter M ^c   McLean, Judy ^d   Brown, Matthew R ^d   Green, Timothy J ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folate; Nutritional assessment; Vietnam; Vitamin B12; Women

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIET NAM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VIETNAM; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651031187     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003479     Document Type: Article

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