Spina Bifida Birth Rate Still Slowing

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 01/08/2009 - 14:42

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- A decade after the 1998 federal mandate to fortify the food supply with folate, the spina bifida rate in the U.S. continues to decline, according to the CDC.


 

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