Food fortification with folic acid: Has the other shoe dropped?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 512-515

  Solomons, Noel W ^a  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer rates; Folic acid; Food fortification; North America

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CEREAL; CLEFT LIP; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MARKETING; STROKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 36849017240     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2007.nov.512-515     Document Type: Review

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