Prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly during the transition to mandatory folic acid fortification in the United States
Teratology2002Vol. 66(1), pp. 33–39
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Laura Williams, T. Cara, Larry D. Edmonds, Gary M. Shaw, Russell S. Kirby, Charlotte A. Hobbs, Lowell E. Sever, Lisa A. Miller, F. John Meaney, Miriam Levitt
Abstract
The decline in the prevalence of spina bifida was temporally associated with folic acid fortification of US grain supplies. The temporal association between fortification and the prevalence of anencephaly is unclear.
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