Case for mandatory fortification of food with folate in Australia, for the prevention of neural tube defects

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 842-843

  Bower, Carol ^a,b   Stanley, Fiona J ^b  

^a Western Australian Birth Defects Registry   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

AUSTRALIA; CEREAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 10044271983     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20074     Document Type: Review

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