The importance of using folate intake expressed as dietary folate equivalents in predicting folate status

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-43

  Shuaibi, Aysheh M ^a   Sevenhuysen, Gustaaf P ^a   House, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Dietary folate equivalents; Dietary Reference Intake; Folate; Food composition; Upper level

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849123682     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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