Usual folic acid intakes: A modelling exercise assessing changes in the amount of folic acid in foods and supplements, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2008

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1216-1227

  Tinker, Sarah C ^a   Cogswell, Mary E ^b   Hamner, Heather C ^a   Berry, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Fortification; Modelling; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CEREALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863329590     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000638     Document Type: Article

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