Changes in the birth prevalence of selected birth defects after grain fortification with folic acid in the United States: Findings from a multi-state population-based study

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 679-689

  Canfield, Mark A ^a   Collins, Julianne S ^b   Botto, Lorenzo D ^c   Williams, Laura J ^c   Mai, Cara T ^c   Kirby, Russell S ^d   Peareon, Kay ^e   Devine, Owen ^c   Mulinare, Joe ^c  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CALCULATION; CLEFT PALATE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; LIMB DEFECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OMPHALOCELE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RACE; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644569002     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20210     Document Type: Article

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