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Folate-status response to a controlled folate intake in nonpregnant, pregnant, and lactating women.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Oct 2012
West Allyson A, Yan Jian, Perry Cydne A, Jiang Xinyin, Malysheva Olga V, Caudill Marie A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Folate dose-response studies in women of childbearing age who consumed a folic acid (FA)-containing multivitamin in the era of FA fortification are lacking. OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate folate-status response to a known folate dose comprising an FA-containing prenatal supplement (750 μg/d) plus natural food folate (400 μg/d) in third-trimester pregnant women, lactating women 5-15 wk postpartum,...
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