Adequate Folate Intake Before and During Pregnancy Helps Prevent

question 49

Multiple Choice

Adequate folate intake before and during pregnancy helps prevent:

• A) neural tube defects.
• B) phenylketonuria.
• C) gestational diabetes mellitus.
• D) human immunodeficiency virus.

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Definitions:

First Order

In kinetics, refers to a reaction where the rate is proportional to the concentration of one reactant.

Reaction Order

A term used in chemistry to describe the power to which the concentration of a reactant is raised in the rate equation.

Half-Life

The time required for half of the atoms in a radioactive sample to decay, transforming into different atoms or into a lower energy state.

Half-Life

The time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial amount, commonly used in describing the decay of radioactive materials.