{"title":"Folic acid and the prevention of neural tube defects: the need for public health action.","authors":"N J Wald","doi":"10.1159/000424735","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fortification of flour with folic acid is simple, economical and safe. Failure to take appropriate regulatory action will mean that tens of thousands of women in Europe will needlessly continue to have pregnancies with neural tube defects.</p>","PeriodicalId":75591,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca nutritio et dieta","volume":" 52","pages":"56-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000424735","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bibliotheca nutritio et dieta","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000424735","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 6
Abstract
Fortification of flour with folic acid is simple, economical and safe. Failure to take appropriate regulatory action will mean that tens of thousands of women in Europe will needlessly continue to have pregnancies with neural tube defects.