2012 Update on global prevention of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and anencephaly

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 658-663

  Youngblood, Monica E ^a   Williamson, Rebecca ^a   Bell, Karen N ^a   Johnson, Quentin ^b   Kancherla, Vijaya ^a   Oakley, Godfrey P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Training and Technical Support Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Epidemiology; Flour fortification; Folic acid; Prevention; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FLOUR; HUMAN; MAIZE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WHEAT;

ANENCEPHALY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLOUR FORTIFICATION; FOLIC ACID; PREVENTION; SPINA BIFIDA;

ANENCEPHALY; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREVALENCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84885901233     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23166     Document Type: Article

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