The status of vitamin B12 and folate among Chinese women: A population-based cross-sectional study in northwest China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Dang, Shaonong ^a   Yan, Hong ^a   Zeng, Lingxia ^a   Wang, Quanli ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Xiao, Shengbin ^a   Fan, Xiaojing ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84911453808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112586     Document Type: Article

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