Association Between Use of Oral Contraceptives and Folate Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 430-438

  Shere, Mahvash ^a,b   Bapat, Priya ^a,b   Nickel, Cheri ^b   Kapur, Bhushan ^a,c   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contraception; Family planning; Folic acid supplementation; Oral contraceptives; Plasma folate; Pregnancy; RBC folate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EFFECT SIZE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LACTATION; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PLASMA;

CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; PLASMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84939432971     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30258-9     Document Type: Article

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