Trends in folate status in the Taiwanese population aged 19 years and older from the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan 1993-1996 to 2005-2008

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-282

  Chen, Kuan Ju ^a   Pan, Wen Harn ^b,c,d   Lin, Yi Chin ^e   Lin, Bi Fong ^b  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Folate status; Homocysteine; Hyperhomocysteinemia; NAHSIT; Nutrition survey

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051919202     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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