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

Liu S, West R, Randell E, Longerich L, O'connor KS, Scott H, Crowley M, Lam A, Prabhakaran V, McCourt C.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2004 Sep 27;4(1):20.PMID: 15450123 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

The effect of folate fortification of cereal-grain products on blood folate status, dietary folate intake, and dietary folate sources among adult non-supplement users in the United States.

Dietrich M, Brown CJ, Block G.

J Am Coll Nutr. 2005 Aug;24(4):266-74.PMID: 16093404 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The importance of folic acid.

Berg MJ.

J Gend Specif Med. 1999 May-Jun;2(3):24-8.PMID: 11252849 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Declining rate of folate insufficiency among adults following increased folic acid food fortification in Canada.

Ray JG, Vermeulen MJ, Boss SC, Cole DE.

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Incidence of open neural tube defects in Nova Scotia after folic acid fortification.

Persad VL, Van den Hof MC, Dubé JM, Zimmer P.

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Not all cases of neural-tube defect can be prevented by increasing the intake of folic acid.

Heseker HB, Mason JB, Selhub J, Rosenberg IH, Jacques PF.

Br J Nutr. 2009 Jul;102(2):173-80. Epub 2008 Dec 16. Review.PMID: 19079944 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of folic acid fortification of the US food supply on the occurrence of neural tube defects.

Honein MA, Paulozzi LJ, Mathews TJ, Erickson JD, Wong LY.

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Use of vitamins containing folic acid among women of childbearing age--United States, 2004.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Case for mandatory fortification of food with folate in Australia, for the prevention of neural tube defects.

Bower C, Stanley FJ.

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Improvements in the status of folate and cobalamin in pregnant Newfoundland women are consistent with observed reductions in the incidence of neural tube defects.

House JD, March SB, Ratnam MS, Crowley M, Friel JK.

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Estimates of the effects of folic-acid fortification and folic-acid bioavailability for women.

Boushey CJ, Edmonds JW, Welshimer KJ.

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Promotion of folate for the prevention of neural tube defects: who benefits?

Bower C, Miller M, Payne J, Serna P.

Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2005 Nov;19(6):435-44.PMID: 16269071 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The use of folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects and other congenital anomalies.

Wilson RD, Davies G, Désilets V, Reid GJ, Summers A, Wyatt P, Young D; Genetics Committee and Executive and Council of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.

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Use of dietary supplements containing folic acid among women of childbearing age--United States, 2005.

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[Impact of folic acid fortification on women's nutritional status and on the prevalence of neural tube defects]

Calvo EB, Biglieri A.

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Survival of infants with neural tube defects in the presence of folic acid fortification.

Bol KA, Collins JS, Kirby RS; National Birth Defects Prevention Network.

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Congenital heart defects in Canadian Inuit: is more folic acid making a difference?

Arbour L, Rupps R, MacDonald S, Forth M, Yang J, Nowdluk M, Osborne G.

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Reduction in neural-tube defects after folic acid fortification in Canada.

De Wals P, Tairou F, Van Allen MI, Uh SH, Lowry RB, Sibbald B, Evans JA, Van den Hof MC, Zimmer P, Crowley M, Fernandez B, Lee NS, Niyonsenga T.

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"Folate before pregnancy": the impact on women and health professionals of a population-based health promotion campaign in South Australia.

Chan A, Pickering J, Haan E, Netting M, Burford A, Johnson A, Keane RJ.

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Minimum effective dose of folic acid for food fortification to prevent neural-tube defects.

Daly S, Mills JL, Molloy AM, Conley M, Lee YJ, Kirke PN, Weir DG, Scott JM.

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