Biomarkers of nutrition for development-Folate review

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1636S-1680S

  Bailey, Lynn B ^a   Stover, Patrick J ^b   McNulty, Helene ^c   Fenech, Michael F ^d   Gregory, Jesse F ^e   Mills, James L ^f   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^g   Fazili, Zia ^g   Zhang, Mindy ^g   Ueland, Per M ^h   Molloy, Anne M ⁱ   Caudill, Marie A ^b   Shane, Barry ^j   Berry, Robert J ^k   Bailey, Regan L ^l   Hausman, Dorothy B ^a   Raghavan, Ramkripa ^f   Raiten, Daniel J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

BOND; Folate biomarkers; Homocysteine; RBC folate; Serum folate

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; URACIL; ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; ERYTHROCYTE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; MICRONUCLEUS; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

BIOMARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IODINE; IRON; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B 12; ZINC;

EID: 84935423857     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.206599     Document Type: Review

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