Folate status of the population in the Canadian Health Measures Survey

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Colapinto, Cynthia K ^a,b   O'Connor, Deborah L ^c   Tremblay, Mark S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 79551708360     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100568     Document Type: Article

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