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- Title
The impact of mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid on the blood folate levels of an Australian population.
- Authors
Brown, Ross D.; Langshaw, Mark R.; Uhr, Elaine J.; Gibson, John N.; Joshua, Douglas E.
- Abstract
The article presents the results of research on the impact of mandatory fortification of wheat flour with folic acid on the blood folate levels of an Australian population. Serum and red blood cells (RBC) folate levels of 20592 blood samples from the patients of a large public hospital was utilized in the research. It is noted that between April 2009 ad April 2010m, there was a reduction of prevalence of low serum folate level in the samples as well as a reduction of the prevalence of RBC folate levels among females of childbearing age.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; FLOUR; ENRICHED foods; FOLIC acid; VITAMIN B complex
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2011, Vol 194, Issue 2, p65
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04169.x