Fortification of corn masa flour with folic acid in the United States: An overview of the evidence

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1312, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-14

  Hamner, Heather C ^a   Tinker, Sarah C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Corn masa flour; Folic acid; Fortification

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CORN MASA FLOUR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CORN MASA FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FORTIFICATION;

ANENCEPHALY; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84898645170     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12325     Document Type: Article

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