Folate status in Aboriginal people before and after mandatory fortification of flour for bread-making in Australia

Background: Mandatory fortification of wheat flour for bread-making was introduced in Australia in September 2009, to assist in the prevention of neural tube defects (NTD). NTD are twice as common in Aboriginal compared with non-Aboriginal infants, and folate levels are lower in the Aboriginal popul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bower, C., Maxwell, S., Hickling, S., D'Antoine, H., O'Leary, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41273