Efficacy of folic acid supplementation and fortification to prevent neural tube defects and its influencing factors / 中华疾病控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Folic acid supplementation is one of the most important measures to prevent neural tube defects(NTDs)among child-bearing age women.This article reviews the NTDs prevention efficacy of the studies including field intervention trials,population folic acid supplementation and fortification in different countries,and analyzes the efficacy variation and their influencing factors of the related studies.The results of the article may provide references for folic acid supplementation,fortification and its efficacy evaluation in the population.