Folate bioavailability: Implications for establishing dietary recommendations and optimizing status

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Caudill, Marie A ^a  

^a 228 Savage Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREMENOPAUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951950464     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.28674E     Document Type: Review

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