Consumption of cereal flour in a Malaysian population: Flour fortification to prevent neural tube defect may be feasible in a rice-eating country

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Ho, Jacqueline ^a   Vyveganathan, Lavitha ^a   Sekaran, Jayaseelan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

24 hour recall; Diet survey; Folic acid; Malaysia; Neural tube defect

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; NUTRITION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 31544446363     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240500408385     Document Type: Article

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