Effect of increasing dietary folate on red-cell folate: Implications for prevention of neural tube defects

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9002, 1996, Pages 657-659

  Cuskelly, Geraldine J ^a   McNulty, Helene ^a   Scott, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0029967412     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91205-2     Document Type: Article

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