00.12.12 - Campaign touts the benefits of folic acid.
Campaign touts the benefits of folic acid.
A campaign in South Carolina to reduce neural tube birth defects by encouraging young women to consume 400 micrograms of folic acid daily lowered the incidence of neural tube defects by half. Nagourney E. Campaign touts the benefits of folic acid. Stevenson RE, Allen WP, Pai GS, Best R, Seaver LH, Dean J, Thompson S. Decline in prevalence of neural tube defects in a high-risk region of the United States. Full text for UCHC IP address at Highwire Press. The journal Pediatrics on the web.