Serum homocysteine and folate concentrations among a US cohort of adolescents before and after folic acid fortification

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1818-1826

  Enquobahrie, Daniel A ^a,b   Feldman, Henry A ^c,d   Hoelscher, Deanna H ^e   Steffen, Lyn M ^f   Webber, Larry S ^g   Zive, Michelle M ^h   Rimm, Eric B ^d,i,j   Stampfer, Meir J ^d,i,j   Osganian, Stavroula K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adolescents; Folate; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREALS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84866375887     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012002984     Document Type: Article

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