Effects of Prenatal and/or Postnatal (Maternal and/or Child) Folic Acid Supplementation on the Mental Performance of Children

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 959-964

  Skórka, Agata ^a   Gieruszczak Białek, Dorota ^a   Pieścik, Małgorzata ^a   Szajewska, Hania ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

children; folic acid; mental performance; periconceptional supplementation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CHILDREN; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EARLY LIFE; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; FOLIC ACIDS; MEAN AGES; MEDLINE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; PERICONCEPTIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; OBSTETRICS;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84864688471     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.515042     Document Type: Review

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