National Food-Fortification Program with Folic Acid in Chile
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National food-fortification program with folic acid in Chile.
The Chilean Ministry of Health legislated to add folic acid (2.2 mg/100 g) to wheat flour to reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTD), beginning in January 2000. This policy resulted in a significant increase in serum and red blood cell folate in women of childbearing age 1 year after fortification. The frequency of NTD was studied in all births, both live and stillbirths, in a prospective ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Food and Nutrition Bulletin
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0379-5721,1564-8265
DOI: 10.1177/15648265080292s128