Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, September 13, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR-13

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• Alternative Title:
  Folic Acid and Prevention of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly : 10 Years After the U.S. Public Health Service Recommendation
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. ; Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In September 1992, the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) recommended that all women capable of becoming pregnant should consume 400 microg of folic acid/day on an ongoing basis to reduce their risk for having a pregnancy affected by spina bifida and anencephaly (i.e., neural tube defects [NTDs]). The recommendation was preceded a year earlier by a CDC recommendation for women at high risk (i.e., those women who have had an earlier pregnancy affected by an NTD). The 1991 CDC recommendation stated that women at high risk should plan subsequent pregnancies and consume 4,000 microg/day of folic acid from the time they begin trying to become pregnant through the first trimester of pregnancy to reduce their risk. The 1992 USPHS recommendation specified that women at high risk should follow the general population recommendation for consumption of 400 microg/day when not trying to become pregnant.
• Content Notes:
  Includes bibliographical references.
• Subjects:
  Anencephaly / Prevention & Control Dietary Supplements Folic Acid / Administration & Dosage Preconception Care / Standards Pregnancy Prenatal Care Spinal Dysraphism
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2002; v. 51, no. 13
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  13
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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