Flour fortification with folic acid in chile. Unintended consequences;Fortificación de la harina de trigo con ácido fólico en chile. consecuencias no intencionadas

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 832-840

  Castillo, Cecilia L ^a   Tur, Josep A ^a   Uauy, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Folates; Folic acid; Fortified food; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BREAD; CHILD; CHILE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAD; CHILD; CHILE; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 78549277736     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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