Consumption of folic acid-fortified flour and folate-rich foods among women at reproductive age in south Brazil

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-184

  Ferreira, Ana Flávia S ^a,c   Giugliani, Roberto ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Folic acid; Food fortification; Neural tube defects; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CORN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIET; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 41549137089     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113881     Document Type: Article

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