Cobalamin and folate status predicts mental development scores in North Indian children 12-18 mo of age

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-317

  Strand, Tor A ^a,b,c   Taneja, Sunita ^d,e   Ueland, Per M ^a,f   Refsum, Helga ^g,h   Bahl, Rajiv ⁱ   Schneede, Joern ^j   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^a,c   Bhandari, Nita ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^j UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NEUROGENESIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84873370815     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.032268     Document Type: Article

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