Urgent Need to Increase Folic Acid Consumption

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 274, Issue 21, 1995, Pages 1717-1718

  Oakley, Godfrey P ^a   David Erickson, J ^a   Adams, Myron J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ANENCEPHALUS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0028892012     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03530210071034     Document Type: Article

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