Estimated folic acid intakes from simulated fortification of the New Zealand food supply

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1168, 2003, Pages

  Green, Tim ^a   Newton, Rebecca ^a   Bourn, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MILK; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BREAD; CATTLE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037462667     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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