Folate deficiency is prevalent in women of childbearing age in Belize and is negatively affected by coexisting vitamin B-12 deficiency: Belize national micronutrient survey 2011

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1183-1193

  Rosenthal, Jorge ^a   Largaespada, Natalia ^b   Bailey, Lynn B ^c   Cannon, Michael ^a   Alverson, C J ^a   Ortiz, Dayrin ^d   Kauwell, Gail P A ^e   Sniezek, Joe ^a   Figueroa, Ramon ^b   Daly, Robyn ^b   Allen, Peter ^b,f  

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

^b Belize Ministry of Health   (Belize)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f Belize Ministry of Public Service   (Belize)

Author keywords

Anemia; Folate deficiency; Folate insufficiency; Vitamin B 12 deficiency; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BELIZE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SERUM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BELIZE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021056175     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.242628     Document Type: Article

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