Birth defects in Arkansas: Is folic acid fortification making a difference?

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 559-564

  Simmons, Caroline J ^a   Mosley, Bridget S ^a   Fulton Bond, Cynthia A ^a   Hobb, Charlotte A ^a,b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Arkansas Ctr Birth Defects Res/P   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Folic acid; Folic acid fortification; Multivitamins; Neural tube defects; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLEFT FACE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB DEFECT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OMPHALOCELE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARKANSAS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 4544345465     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20063     Document Type: Article

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