Population-wide folic acid fortification and preterm birth: Testing the folate depletion hypothesis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 793-795

  Naimi, Ashley I ^a   Auger, Nathalie ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

CANADA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUEBEC;

EID: 84924693687     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302377     Document Type: Article

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