Folic acid food fortification and obstetrical outcomes: A population based study
โ Scribed by Amanda Kim; Paul Veugelers; Nancy Bott; Sujata Chandra
- Book ID
- 113431951
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 195
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6868
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## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Recent studies reported no reduction in the frequency of lipomeningomyelocele (LMMC) in Hawaii and Nova Scotia after the implementation of a folic acid food fortification policy in 1998, while a marked reduction in the prevalence of other NTDs was observed. This study wa
Previous studies have demonstrated that periconceptional folic acid/multivitamin supplementation reduced the occurrence of neural tube defects. A case control analysis has been conducted in the dataset of the Hungarian Case Control Surveillance of Congenital Abnormalities, 1980-1 991. In the study p