Folin acid fortification: Prevention as well as promotion of cancer;Foliumzuurverrijking: Zowel preventie als bevordering van kanker

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 150, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 1443-1448

  Kloosterman, J ^a   De Jong, N ^a   Rompelberg, C J M ^a   Van Kranen, H J ^b   Kampman, E ^c   Ocke M C ^a  

^a Centrum voor Voeding en Gezondheid   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratorium Voor Toxicologie Pathologie en Genetica   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33746215095     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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