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A comprehensive evaluation of food fortification with folic acid for the primary prevention of neural tube defects

BACKGROUND: Periconceptional use of vitamin supplements containing folic acid reduces the risk of a neural tube defect (NTD). In November 1998, food fortification with folic acid was mandated in Canada, as a public health strategy to increase the folic acid intake of all women of childbearing age. W...

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Autores principales: Liu, Shiliang, West, Roy, Randell, Edward, Longerich, Linda, O'Connor, Kathleen Steel, Scott, Helen, Crowley, Marian, Lam, Angeline, Prabhakaran, Victor, McCourt, Catherine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15450123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-4-20