Delaying mandatory folic acid fortification policy perpetuates health inequalities: results from a retrospective study of postpartum New Zealand women | Zendy

Simonette R. Mallard | Zendy; Andrew Gray | Zendy; Lisa A Houghton | Zendy

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Delaying mandatory folic acid fortification policy perpetuates health inequalities: results from a retrospective study of postpartum New Zealand women

Author(s) -

Simonette R. Mallard,

Andrew Gray,

Lisa A Houghton

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/der387

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , folic acid , mandate , ethnic group , pregnancy , medicine , environmental health , fortification , retrospective cohort study , obstetrics , demography , political science , geography , surgery , population , law , biology , sociology , genetics , archaeology

Internationally, poor periconceptional folic acid uptake has been associated with lower socioeconomic status, minority ethnicity status and unintentional pregnancy. The aim of this study was to describe the extent to which a proposed bread fortification mandate would modify these associations.

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