Serum unmetabolized folic acid in a nationally representative sample of adults ≥60 years in the United States, 2001-2002

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bailey, Regan Lucas ^a   Mills, James L ^b   Yetley, Elizabeth A ^a   Gahche, Jaime J ^c   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^d   Dwyer, Johanna T ^a   Dodd, Kevin W ^e   Sempos, Christopher T ^a   Betz, Joseph M ^a   Picciano, Mary Frances ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Folic acid; Folic acid fortification; NHANES

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 84859475722     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v56i0.5616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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