Prevention of neural tube defects by the fortification of flour with folic acid: A population-based retrospective study in Brazil;Prévention des anomalies du tube neural par l’enrichissement en acide folique des farines: Étude rétrospective en population au Brésil;La prevención de los defectos del tubo neural mediante el enriquecimiento de la harina con ácido fólico: Un estudio poblacional retrospectivo en Brasil

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-29

  Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco ^a   Lecca, Roberto Carlos Reyes ^b   Cortez Escalante, Juan Jose ^c   Sanchez, Mauro Niskier ^a   Rodrigues, Humberto Gabriel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^c Unidade Técnica de Doenças Transmissíveis e Análise de Situação em Saúde   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

CHILD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; IRON; MAIZE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN; WHEAT;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD FORTIFICATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ADULT; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FORTIFIED FOOD; INCIDENCE; LAW; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL;

HARINA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953252163     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.151365     Document Type: Article

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