Estimates of the effects of folic-acid fortification and folic-acid bioavailability for women

Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 873-879

  Boushey, Carol J ^a   Edmonds, Julianne W ^a   Welshimer, Kathleen J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS SCREENING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034773783     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(01)00645-1     Document Type: Article

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