Impact of folic acid food fortification on the birth prevalence of lipomyelomeningocele in Canada

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-109

  De Wals, Philippe ^a   Van Allen, Margot I ^b   Lowry, R Brian ^c   Evans, Jane A ^d   Van Den Hof, Michiel C ^e   Crowley, Marian ^f   Tairou, Fassiatou ^a   Uh, Soo Hong ^g   Sibbald, Barbara ^c   Zimmer, Pamela ^h   Fernandez, Bridget ^f   Lee, Nora S ⁱ   Niyonsenga, Théophile ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^h IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^j FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Folic acid; Food fortification; Lipoma; Myelocele

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOMYELOMENINGOCELE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40049088920     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20418     Document Type: Article

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