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Mandatory folic acid fortification and the science of ‘sociality’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence
Affiliation:
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Email: [email protected]
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Public Health Nutrition , Volume 9 , Issue 7 , October 2006 , pp. 827 - 828
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Copyright © The Authors 2006

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