U.S. women of childbearing age who are at possible increased risk of a neural tube defect-affected pregnancy due to suboptimal red blood cell folate concentrations, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007 to 2012

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 517-526

  Tinker, Sarah C ^a   Hamner, Heather C ^b   Qi, Yan Ping ^a   Crider, Krista S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Fortification; Neural tube defects; NHANES; Optimal RBC folate concentration

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CELL LEVEL; CEREAL; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; POVERTY INCOME RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED BLOOD CELL FOLATE CONCENTRATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931572909     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23378     Document Type: Article

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