Strategies to improve folate supply in Germany - Risks and benefits Position paper of the German Nutrition Society Part 2: Increased consumption of folate-rich foods versus intake of synthetic folic acid from food supplements and enriched staple food;Strategien zur Verbesserung der Folatversorgung in Deutschland - Nutzen und Risiken Positionspapier der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ernährung e.V. Teil 2: Vermehrte Aufnahme Folatreicher Lebensmittel Versus Zufuhr Synthetischer Folsäure aus Nahrungsergänzungsmitteln bzw. Angereicherten Grundlebensmitteln

Ernahrungs Umschau

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 468-479

  Krawinkel, Michael ^a   Brönstrup, Anja ^a   Bechthold, Angela ^a   Biesalski, Hans Konrad ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a   Elmadfa, Ibrahim ^a   Heseker, Helmut ^a   Kroke, Anja ^a   Leschik Bonnet, Eva ^a   Oberritter, Helmut ^a   Stehle, Peter ^a  

^a Bonn ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Folate rich foods; Folic acid; Food supplements; Staple food

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846995462     PISSN: 01740008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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