Comparison of serum and red blood cell folate microbiologic assays for national population surveys

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1402-1409

  Pfeiffer, Christine M ^a   Zhang, Mindy ^a   Lacher, David A ^b   Molloy, Anne M ^c   Tamura, Tsunenobu ^d   Yetley, Elizabeth A ^e   Picciano, Mary Frances ^e   Johnson, Clifford L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATOR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM; UNITED STATES;

LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 79960306930     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.141515     Document Type: Article

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