Time to reconsider a folic acid fortification policy in the UK

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Stanner, Sara ^a   Buttriss, Judith L ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PHENYTOIN;

AGING; ANENCEPHALUS; BONE DISEASE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRIENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEIZURE; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646680100     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2006.00544.x     Document Type: Editorial

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