Folate status and socio-demographic predictors of folate status, among a national cohort of women aged 26-36 in Australia, 2004-2006

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 421-426

  Gall, Seana ^a   Seal, Judy ^b   Taylor, Roscoe ^b   Dwyer, Terry ^c   Venn, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Health and Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folate status; Folic acid; Mandatory fortification; Women of child bearing age

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866984156     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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