The impact of mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid on the blood folate levels of an Australian population

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-67

  Brown, Ross D ^a   Langshaw, Mark R ^a   Uhr, Elaine J ^a   Gibson, John N ^a   Joshua, Douglas E ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79951929956     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04169.x     Document Type: Article

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