Folate status in the UK

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 153-157

  Buttriss, Judith L ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84939612347     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12148     Document Type: Article

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