More folic acid for everyone, now

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Oakley Jr , Godfrey P ^a   Adams, Myron J ^a   Dickinson, Charlotte M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

folic acid; food fortification; homocyst(e)ine; neural tube defects; spina bifida prevention

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; SPINA BIFIDA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029881624     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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