Life Sciences

Researchers at University of Michigan target life sciences

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 7th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, " 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. 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 (<362.6 nmol), by race/ethnicity and income quartile. We also estimate...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2008-12-07)

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