The impact of food fortification on folic acid intake in Canada [1]

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-

  Quinlivan, Eoin P ^a   Gregory III, Jesse F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

CANADA; CEREAL; CORN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EATING HABIT; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; GRAIN; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; NOTE;

CANADA; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 0038407849     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Food and Drug Administration. Food standards: Amendment of standards of identity for enriched grain products to require addition of folic acid. Fed Regist 1996;61(44):8781-97.
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3. Choumenkovitch SF, Selhub J, Wilson PWF, Rader JI, Rosenberg IH, Jacques PF, Folic acid intake from fortification in United States exceeds predictions. J Nutr 2002;132:2792-98.
4. Rader JI, Weaver CM, Angyal G. Total folate in enriched cereal-grain products in the United States following fortification. Food Chem 2000;70:275-89