Differences in erythrocyte folate concentrations in older adults reached steady-state within one year in a two-year, controlled, 1 mg/d folate supplementation trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1633-1637

  Bradbury, Kathryn E ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Green, Timothy J ^a,b   McMahon, Jennifer A ^a   Mann, Jim I ^a   Knight, Robert G ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STEADY STATE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84866274971     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.161562     Document Type: Article

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