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

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

doi:10.1056/nejmoa067103

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

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De Wals P

Tairou F

Van Allen MI

Abstract

Background In 1998, folic acid fortification of a large variety of cereal products became mandatory in Canada, a country where the prevalence of neural-tube defects was historically higher in the eastern provinces than in the western provinces. We assessed changes in the prevalence of neural-tube de...

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