Folic acid fortification and birth defects prevention: Lessons from the Americas

Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 50-52

  Grosse, Scott D ^a   Hopkins, David P ^a   Mulinare, Joseph ^a   Llanos, Adolfo ^b   Hertrampf, Eva ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECTS; CEREAL GRAINS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENRICHED FOOD; FOLIC ACID FORTIFICATIONS; FOLIC ACIDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; WHEAT FLOURS;

CEREAL PRODUCTS; DEFECTS; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

MILITARY ENGINEERING;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33745040485     PISSN: 17226996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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