Blood folate concentrations among women of childbearing age by race/ethnicity and acculturation, NHANES 2001-2010

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-50

  Marchetta, Claire M ^a,b   Hamner, Heather C ^a  

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

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Folate biomarkers; Mexican Americans; NHANES; Red blood cell folate; Serum folate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NON HISPANIC WHITE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FORTIFIED FOOD; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958897419     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12134     Document Type: Article

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