Dietary intake and biomarker status of folate in Swedish adults

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 451-462

  Öhrvik, Veronica ^a   Lemming, Eva Warensjö ^a   Nälsén, Cecilia ^a   Becker, Wulf ^a   Ridefelt, Peter ^b   Lindroos, Anna Karin ^a  

^a National Food Agency   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Folate intake; Folate status; Food intake; Red blood cell folate concentrations; Riksmaten adults 2010 11; Swedish national dietary survey

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CHEESE; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; VEGETABLE; BLOOD; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTHY DIET; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SWEDEN; TRENDS;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 84992747398     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-016-1328-4     Document Type: Article

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