Synthetic folic acid intakes and status in children living in Ireland exposed to voluntary fortification

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 512-518

  Vaish, Shashi ^a   White, Martin ^a   Daly, Leslie ^b   Molloy, Anne M ^c   Staines, Anthony ^d   Sweeney, Mary Rose ^d  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Ireland; Unmetabolized folic acid; Voluntary folic acid fortification

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CIRCULATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID FORTIFICATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COCARCINOGENESIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCARCINOGENESIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 84956916646     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.107615     Document Type: Article

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