Effectiveness of community-based folate-oriented tertiary interventions on incidence of fetus and birth defects: a protocol for a single-blind cluster randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Mengru Li (Author), Yi Zhang (Author), Xiaotian Chen (Author), Dingmei Wang (Author), Mi Ji (Author), Yuan Jiang (Author), Yalan Dou (Author), Xiaojing Ma (Author), Wei Sheng (Author), Weili Yan (Author), Guoying Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Birth defects are the main cause of fetal death, infant mortality and morbidity worldwide. However, the etiology of birth defects remains largely unknown. Maternal folate status during periconception plays an important role in organogenesis and folic acid supplement reduces the r...