The investment case for folic acid fortification in developing countries

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1414, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 72-81

  Hoddinott, John ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cost per death averted; disability adjusted life years; economics; folic acid fortification; neural tube defect prevention

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DRUG COST; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALNUTRITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 85040964232     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13527     Document Type: Article

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