Titre :
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Did national folic acid fortification reduce socioeconomic and racial disparities in folate status in the US ? Commentary. (2008)
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Auteurs :
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BEAM DOWD (Jennifer) : USA. Center for Social Epidemiology & Population Health. Department of Epidemiology. School of Public Health. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. MI. ;
Allison-E AIELLO, disc. ;
Luisa-N BORRELL, disc. ;
Department of Health Sciences. Graduate Program in Public Health. Lehman College. Cuny. Bronx. NY. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 37, n° 5, 2008)
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Pagination :
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1059-1068
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Vitamine
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Nutrition
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Supplémentation
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Facteur socioéconomique
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Race
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Folate
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Ethnie
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Amérique
;
Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS m8pnBR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of the 1998 US Food and Drug Administration folic acid fortification policy on disparities in folate status in the United States. Methods : We use repeated cross-sectional data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), a nationally representative sample of over 14 000 participants ages 25 and older. We calculate pre-fortification (1991-94) and post-fortification (1999-2002) absolute differences and relative prevalence ratios of low red blood cell (RBC) folate status (
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