date:Jul 11, 2012
ation can be made.
All that can be said is that the prevalence had been falling for several years until 2003 and, if this decline has continued, the prevalence may by now have reached about 7 per 10,000 births per year. This is likely to be a floor level, where folic acid may have no further effect,the said.
He added in response to Marshalls comments that the folate status in New Zealand women is excellent, and indeed better than in US, which has mandatory folic acid fortification.
The report