Changes in the birth prevalence of selected birth defects after grain fortification with folic acid in the United States: findings from a multi-state population-based study.

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Published in Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol on October 01, 2005

Authors

Mark A Canfield1, Julianne S Collins, Lorenzo D Botto, Laura J Williams, Cara T Mai, Russell S Kirby, Kay Pearson, Owen Devine, Joe Mulinare, National Birth Defects Preventin Network

Author Affiliations

1: Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, 78756, USA. mark.canfield@dshs.state.tx.us

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