Strategies for Preventing Folate-Related Neural Tube Defects: Supplements, Fortified Foods, or Both?

doi:10.1001/jama.2016.19894

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. 2017 Jan 10;317(2):144-145.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.19894.

Strategies for Preventing Folate-Related Neural Tube Defects: Supplements, Fortified Foods, or Both?

James L Mills¹

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¹ Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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PMCID: PMC6205291
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.19894

Editorial

Strategies for Preventing Folate-Related Neural Tube Defects: Supplements, Fortified Foods, or Both?

James L Mills. JAMA. 2017.

. 2017 Jan 10;317(2):144-145.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.19894.

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James L Mills¹

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¹ Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

PMID: 28097344
PMCID: PMC6205291
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.19894

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[1] MRC Vitamin Study Research Group. Prevention of neural tube defects: results of the Medical Research Council Vitamin Study. Lancet. 1991;338 (8760):131–137. - PubMed

[2] MRC Vitamin Study Research Group. Prevention of neural tube defects: results of the Medical Research Council Vitamin Study. Lancet. 1991;338 (8760):131–137. - PubMed

[3] Recommendations for the use of folic acid to reduce the number of cases of spina bifida and other neural tube defects. MMWR Recomm Rep 1992;41(RR-14):1–7. - PubMed

[4] Recommendations for the use of folic acid to reduce the number of cases of spina bifida and other neural tube defects. MMWR Recomm Rep 1992;41(RR-14):1–7. - PubMed

[5] Finer LB, Zolna MR. Declines in unintended pregnancy in the United States, 2008-2011. N Engl J Med 2016;374(9):843–852. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Finer LB, Zolna MR. Declines in unintended pregnancy in the United States, 2008-2011. N Engl J Med 2016;374(9):843–852. - PMC - PubMed

[7] US Preventive Services Task Force. Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2009;150(9):626–631. - PubMed

[8] US Preventive Services Task Force. Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2009;150(9):626–631. - PubMed

[9] US Preventive Services Task Force. Folic acid supplementation for the prevention of neural tube defects: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.19438 - DOI - PubMed

[10] US Preventive Services Task Force. Folic acid supplementation for the prevention of neural tube defects: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.19438 - DOI - PubMed

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