A temporal association between folic acid fortification and an increase in colorectal cancer rates may be illuminating important biological principles: a hypothesis

Nationwide fortification of enriched uncooked cereal grains with folic acid began in the United States and Canada in 1996 and 1997, respectively, and became mandatory in 1998. The rationale was to reduce the number of births complicated by neural tube defects. Concurrently, the United States and Can...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention Jg. 16; H. 7; S. 1325
Hauptverfasser:	Mason, Joel B, Dickstein, Aaron, Jacques, Paul F, Haggarty, Paul, Selhub, Jacob, Dallal, Gerard, Rosenberg, Irwin H
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States 01.07.2007
Schlagworte:	Animals Canada - epidemiology Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology Folic Acid - administration & dosage Food, Fortified Humans Incidence Neural Tube Defects - prevention & control United States - epidemiology Canada United States
ISSN:	1055-9965
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