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Consumers Knowledge and Behavior: Race-ethnicity differences in folic acid intake in women of childbearing age in the United States after folic acid fortification: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2002; Use of Dietary Supplements Containing Folic Acid Among Women of Childbearing Age --- United States, 2005; Increasing Nutrition Literacy: Testing the Effectiveness of Print, Web site, and Game Modalities; 2005 Gallup Survey; Use of Dietary Supplements Containing Folic Acid Among Women of Childbearing Age - United States, 2005
Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Decline in the Prevalence of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly by Race/Ethnicity: 1995–2002; Reduction in Neural-Tube Defects after Folic Acid Fortification in Canada; Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Before and After Folic Acid Mandate --- United States, 1995--1996 and 1999--2000; The Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program: 35 years of birth defects surveillance at the centers for disease control and prevention; Reduction in NTDs after Folic Acid Fortification in Canada
Prevention of Chronic Disease: Folic acid supplementation lowers stroke risk; Diets Lower in Folic Acid and Carotenoids are Associated with the Coronary Disease Epidemic in Central and Eastern Europe; American Heart Asso: Homocysteine, Folic Acid and Cardiovascular Disease; Effect of folic acid fortification of food on homocysteine-related mortality; Homocysteine and reactive oxygen species in metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and atheroscleropathy: The pleiotropic effects of folate supplementation.
Folic Acid Intake / Requirement: Folate Status in Women of Childbearing Age, by Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 1999--2000, 2001--2002, and 2003--2004; Surveillance of Preconception Health Indicators Among Women Delivering Live-Born Infants --- Oklahoma, 2000--2003; Trends in blood folate and vitamin B-12 concentrations in the United States, 1988–2004; More women need folic acid supplements; New Report Shows Women's Folate Level is Down
Teaching Materials: ABCs of Folic Acid Counseling; Folate Status in Women of Childbearing Age, by Race/Ethnicity; Order form from ISDH, October 2006; Free Folic Acid Information; Excite Education Curriculum Module: Folic Acid Babies and Birth Defects: A Mystery in Texas

Contact: Donna Vandergraff, Phone: 765-494-8228, E-mail: vandergraff@purdue.edu
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