Vitamin B12 intake and status in early pregnancy among urban South Indian women

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-122

  Samuel, Tinu Mary ^a,d   Duggan, Christopher ^b   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Bosch, Ronald ^b   Rajendran, Ramya ^a   Virtanen, Suvi M ^c,d   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^a   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Pregnancy; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; INDIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872781638     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345589     Document Type: Article

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