Estimation of trends in serum and RBC folate in the U.S. population from pre- to postfortification using assay-adjusted data from the NHANES 1988-2010

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 886-893

  Pfeiffer, Christine M ^a   Hughes, Jeffery P ^b   Lacher, David A ^b   Bailey, Regan L ^c   Berry, R J ^d   Zhang, Mindy ^a   Yetley, Elizabeth A ^c   Rader, Jeanne I ^e   Sempos, Christopher T ^c   Johnson, Clifford L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIO RAD RADIOASSAY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FORTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862112739     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.156919     Document Type: Article

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