Concentrations of blood folate in Brazilian studies prior to and after fortification of wheat and cornmeal (maize flour) with folic acid: A review

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 275-286

  Britto, Jéssica Carrilho ^a   Cançado, Rodolfo ^b   Guerra Shinohara, Elvira Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult; Blood; Brazil; Folic acid; Food; Fortification

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

BRAZIL; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CORN FLOUR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMIC JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WHEAT FLOUR;

EID: 84933501832     PISSN: 15168484     EISSN: 18060870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2014.03.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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