Prevention of Neural Tube Defects in Europe: A Public Health Failure

• Main Authors: Joan K. Morris (Author), Marie-Claude Addor (Author), Elisa Ballardini (Author), Ingeborg Barisic (Author), Laia Barrachina-Bonet (Author), Paula Braz (Author), Clara Cavero-Carbonell (Author), Elly Den Hond (Author), Ester Garne (Author), Miriam Gatt (Author), Martin Haeusler (Author), Babak Khoshnood (Author), Nathalie Lelong (Author), Agnieszka Kinsner-Ovaskainen (Author), Sonja Kiuru-Kuhlefelt (Author), Kari Klungsoyr (Author), Anna Latos-Bielenska (Author), Elizabeth Limb (Author), Mary T O'Mahony (Author), Isabelle Perthus (Author), Anna Pierini (Author), Judith Rankin (Author), Anke Rissmann (Author), Florence Rouget (Author), Gerardine Sayers (Author), Antonin Sipek (Author), Sarah Stevens (Author), David Tucker (Author), Christine Verellen-Dumoulin (Author), Hermien E. K. de Walle (Author), Diana Wellesley (Author), Wladimir Wertelecki (Author), Eva Bermejo-Sanchez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: Thirty years ago it was demonstrated that folic acid taken before pregnancy and in early pregnancy reduced the risk of a neural tube defect (NTD). Despite Public Health Initiatives across Europe recommending that women take 0.4 mg folic acid before becoming pregnant and during the first t...