Folates - Food sources, analyses, retention and bioavailability

Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition/Naringsforskning

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 138-146

  Witthöft, Cornelia M ^a   Forssén, Karin ^b   Johannesson, Lena ^b   Jägerstad, Margaretha ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analysis; Bioavailability; Folates; Food table data; Retention losses

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; INDUSTRY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 0342680039     PISSN: 11026480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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