Open AccessBiochemical indicators of B vitamin status in the US population after folic acid fortification: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2000
Author(s) -
Christine M Pfeiffer,
Samuel P. Caudill,
Elaine W. Gunter,
John Osterloh,
Eric J. Sampson
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn.82.2.442
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , folic acid , fortification , medicine , vitamin , environmental health , physiology , population , food science , biology
Mandatory folic acid fortification of cereal-grain products was introduced in the United States in 1998 to decrease the risk that women will have children with neural tube defects.
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