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Oct 3, 1996 - 1997 American. Society for Clinical. Nutrition. Association between dietary fiber intake and the folate status of a group of female adolescents13.
Association between dietary fiber intake and the folate status of a group of female adolescents13 Lisa

A Houghton,

Deborah

Timothy

ABSTRACT the association Canadian

224)

female in

adolescents.

these

were

Dietary

Female

recruited

and

basis

food-frequency

of

had

dietary

ments;

1 %,

4%,

trations

indicative

and serum

and

23%,

folate

indicative

depletion

had

important,

results

polysaccharide (P

lysaccharide