Periconceptional bread intakes indicate New Zealand's proposed mandatory folic acid fortification program may be outdated: results from a postpartum survey.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on February 14, 2012

Authors

Simonette R Mallard1, Andrew R Gray, Lisa A Houghton

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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