Food fortification to prevent neural tube defects: Is it working?

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 285, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3022-3023

  Mills, James L ^a   England, Lucinda ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONCEPTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0035919140     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.23.3022     Document Type: Editorial

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