Peru's national folic acid fortification program and its effect on neural tube defects in Lima

To evaluate the impact of Peru's national folic acid fortification program on folic acid content in wheat flour, and the effect on birth prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in Lima, and to compare the program's legislative requirements with international standards. Bread was sampled f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista panamericana de salud pública 2012-12, Vol.32 (6), p.391-398
Hauptverfasser:	Ricks, Daniel J, Rees, Chris A, Osborn, Katharine A, Crookston, Benjamin T, Leaver, Katherine, Merrill, Samuel B, Velásquez, Carlos, Ricks, Jane H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bread - analysis Flour Folic Acid - analysis Folic Acid - therapeutic use Health Policy & Services Health Promotion - legislation & jurisprudence Humans Infant, Newborn Neural Tube Defects - epidemiology Neural Tube Defects - prevention & control Peru - epidemiology Prevalence Program Evaluation Retrospective Studies
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