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Increasing evidence in favour of mandatory fortification with folic acid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

H. McNulty
H. McNulty
Affiliation:
Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health (NICHE)School of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SACo. LondonderryNorthern IrelandUK
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Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 86 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 425 - 426
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2001

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