Prevalence and correlates of folic acid supplement use in Canada

Health Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-7

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

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Dietary supplements; Folate; Nutrition; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865539318     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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