Contributions of total daily intake of folic acid to serum folate concentrations

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2486-2487

  Yeung, Lorraine ^a   Yang, Quanhe ^a   Berry, R J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; CALORIC INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 57349184256     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.742     Document Type: Letter

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