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When will we eliminate folic acid-preventable spina bifida?
When will we eliminate folic acid-preventable spina bifida?
- Source :
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Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) [Epidemiology] 2007 May; Vol. 18 (3), pp. 367-8. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Mandatory vitamin B12 fortification of enriched grain products is long overdue in the United States and Canada. Fortification would help provide the 2.4 mug of synthetic vitamin B12 that the US Institute of Medicine recommends for all persons 50 years and older. The findings of Ray and colleagues in this issue suggest that B12 may also help to prevent neural tube defects. If recommendations for B12 fortification were followed, it is possible that cases of spina bifida and anencephaly would be prevented. Two hundred twenty thousand children each year acquire folic acid-preventable spina bifida because many governments, including all in Europe, have yet to implement mandatory folic acid fortification. Fortification with folic acid and vitamin B12 is safe and should be implemented in all countries.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Canada epidemiology
Female
Flour
Humans
Neural Tube Defects epidemiology
Neural Tube Defects etiology
Neural Tube Defects prevention & control
Pregnancy
Spinal Dysraphism epidemiology
Spinal Dysraphism etiology
United States epidemiology
United States Food and Drug Administration
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency complications
Folic Acid administration & dosage
Food, Fortified
Spinal Dysraphism prevention & control
Vitamin B 12 administration & dosage
Vitamin B Complex administration & dosage
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1044-3983
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17435446
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ede.0000260493.24573.15