Quantifying folate bioavailability: a critical appraisal of methods.

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Published in Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care on September 01, 2004

Authors

Alida Melse-Boonstra1, Petra Verhoef, Clive West

Author Affiliations

1: Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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