Vitamin B-12 and Perinatal Health

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 552-563

  Finkelstein, Julia L ^a,b   Layden, Alexander J ^a   Stover, Patrick J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child Health; Cobalamin; One Carbon Metabolism; Pregnancy; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

BIOMARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84953374710     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.115.008201     Document Type: Review

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