Creator:

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

Geography:

North America > Canada

Categories:

• Maternal and Child Health
• Nutrition, Obesity, and Body Mass

Tags:

• folic acid
• food fortification
• neural tube defects

Date:

1997-2003

URL:

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/faaf/pdf/folic_acid_e.pdf

Annotation:

Evaluation of Food Fortification with Folic Acid for the Primary Prevention of Neural Tube Defects is a population-based study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the public health strategy of food fortification with folic acid and to determine possible adverse effects resulting from fortification. Information on study methodology is available in the report.