Folate: Recommended intakes, consumption, and status

Folate in Health and Disease, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 467-490

  Kauwell, Gail P A ^a   Diaz, Megan L ^b   Yang, Quanhe ^c   Bailey, Lynn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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