Folate status in women of childbearing age with obesity: a review
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Folate status in women of childbearing age--United States, 1999.
In 1992, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) recommended that women of child-bearing age increase consumption of the vitamin folic acid to reduce spina bifida and anencephaly (neural tube defects [NTD]) cases (1). Since then, national efforts have been implemented to increase the use of dietary supplements containing folic acid (2). In 1996, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Research Reviews
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0954-4224,1475-2700
DOI: 10.1017/s0954422417000142