Efficacy of flour fortification with folic acid in women of childbearing age in Iran

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 188-196

  Abdollahi, Z ^a   Elmadfa, I ^f   Djazayery, A ^b   Golalipour, M J ^e   Sadighi, J ^c   Salehi, F ^a   Sadeghian Sharif, S ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flour fortification; Iran; Mandatory; Neural tube defects; Women, childbearing age

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960267189     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329726     Document Type: Article

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