Public health projects for preventing th
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Julianne S. Collins; Mark A. Canfield; Kay Pearson; Russell S. Kirby; Amy P. Cas
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract **BACKGROUND**: The recurrence risk for neural tube defects (NTDs) in subsequent pregnancies is approximately 3%, or 40 times the background risk. Prevention projects target these high‐risk women to increase their folic acid consumption during the periconceptional period, a behavior whi