Iodine status of women of childbearing age in Scotland
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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: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1017/s0029665112002005