Vitamin B12 and folate during pregnancy and offspring motor, mental and social development at 2 years of age

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Bhate, V K ^a   Joshi, S M ^a   Ladkat, R S ^a   Deshmukh, U S ^a   Lubree, H G ^a   Katre, P A ^b   Bhat, D S ^a   Rush, E C ^c   Yajnik, C S ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b PERSISTENT SYSTEMS LTD   (India)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

folate; Key wordsdevelopmental quotients; maternal vitamin B12; offspring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867345718     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174411000778     Document Type: Article

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