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Vitamin Supplement

Serum unmetabolized folic acid in a nationally representative sample of adults ≥60 years in the United States, 2001–2002

ReganL. BaileyNational Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, BethesdaMD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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JamesL. MillsNational Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child and Human Development, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, BethesdaMD, USA
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ElizabethA. YetleyNational Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, BethesdaMD, USA
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JaimeJ. GahcheNational Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HyattsvilleMD, USA
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ChristineM. PfeifferNational Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AtlantaGA, USA
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JohannaT. DwyerNational Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, BethesdaMD, USA
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KevinW. DoddNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, BethesdaMD, USA
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ChristopherT. SemposNational Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, BethesdaMD, USA
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JosephM. BetzNational Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, BethesdaMD, USA
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Mary Frances PiccianoNational Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, BethesdaMD, USA
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Article: 5616 | Published online: 02 Apr 2012

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