Minimum effective dose of folic acid for food fortification to prevent neural-tube defects.

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Published in Lancet on December 06, 1997

Authors

S Daly1, J L Mills, A M Molloy, M Conley, Y J Lee, P N Kirke, D G Weir, J M Scott

Author Affiliations

1: RCSI Department, Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

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