Folate, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6 status of a group of high socioeconomic status women in the alberta pregnancy outcomes and nutrition (APrON) cohort

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1402-1408

  Fayyaz, Faiqa ^a   Wang, Flora ^a   Jacobs, René L ^a   O’connor, Deborah L ^b   Bell, Rhonda C ^a   Field, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Holotranscobalamin; Neural tube defects; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911417179     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2014-0181     Document Type: Article

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