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Health impact in China of folate-biofortified rice

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Acknowledgements

With respect to rice consumption data, we acknowledge the assistance provided by F. Gale of the USDA Economic Research Service, Washington, DC. This investigation received financial support from Ghent University, through the Special Research Fund (BOF GOA 1251204).

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  1. Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Hans De Steur, Xavier Gellynck & Jacques Viaene

  2. Department of Physiology, Unit Plant Hormone Signalling and Bio-imaging, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Sergei Storozhenko & Dominique Van Der Straeten

  3. Rural Economy Research Institute, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China

    Ge Liqun

  4. Department of Bioanalysis, Laboratory of Toxicology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Willy Lambert

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De Steur, H., Gellynck, X., Storozhenko, S. et al. Health impact in China of folate-biofortified rice. Nat Biotechnol 28, 554–556 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0610-554

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