Red Blood Cell Folate Insufficiency among nonpregnant Women of Childbearing age in Guatemala 2009 to 2010: Prevalence and predicted Neural Tube Defects risk

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 587-595

  Rosenthal, Jorge ^a   Reeve, Mary Elizabeth ^b   Ramirez, Nicte ^c   Crider, Krista S ^a   Sniezek, Joe ^a   Vellozzi, Claudia ^a   Devine, Owen ^d   Lopez Pazos, Eunice ^e  

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

^b Huawei Technologies   (Canada)

^c Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá   (United States)

^d Carter Consulting Inc   (United States)

^e Guatemala Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Pública   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Guatemala; Neural Tube Defects Childbearing age Women; Red Blood Cell Folate Insufficiency Prevalence

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GUATEMALA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84961626137     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23499     Document Type: Article

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