Dietary Reference Values for choline

EFSA Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

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Author keywords

Adequate Intake; choline; depletion repletion study; Dietary Reference Value; observed intake; phosphatidylcholine

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EID: 85077250716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4484     Document Type: Article

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