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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Published in:	Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention Vol. 16; no. 7; p. 1325
Main Authors:	Mason, Joel B, Dickstein, Aaron, Jacques, Paul F, Haggarty, Paul, Selhub, Jacob, Dallal, Gerard, Rosenberg, Irwin H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.07.2007
Subjects:	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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