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Cost-effectiveness of mandatory folic acid fortification of flours in prevention of neural tube defects: A systematic review
BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects (NTDs) constitute the most frequent group among congenital malformations and are the main cause of neonatal morbimortality. Folic acid (FA) can reduce the risk of pregnancies affected by NTDs. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate whether mandatory folic acid (FA) fortif...
Autores principales: | Rodrigues, Viviane Belini, da Silva, Everton Nunes, Santos, Maria Leonor Pacheco |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8530293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34673787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258488 |
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