Nicholas Fisk and colleagues discuss a new study reporting that additional voluntary folic acid supplementation was associated with a major reduction in very preterm births

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DJ Rouse

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GM Shaw

GP Oakley Jr

HM Inskip

HN Simhan

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JM Dodd

LE Daly

Leonie Callaway

N Baumslag

Nicholas M. Fisk

NJ Wald

NM Fisk

Paul B. Colditz

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Folic Acid Supplementation and Spontaneous Preterm Birth: Adding Grist to the Mill?

Callaway Leonie

Colditz Paul B.

Fisk Nicholas M.

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Folic acid supplementation and spontaneous preterm birth: adding grist to the mill?

Preterm birth is increasing, and complicates 12% of deliveries in the United States. It is the dominant cause of neonatal mortality. Preterm birth also accounts for one in three children with vision impairment, one in five with mental retardation, and almost half with cerebral palsy [1]. Babies born weighing under 2,500 g are at heightened risk in adulthood of diabetes and cardiovascular disease [1]. These short- and long-term sequelae make the prevention of preterm birth a public health priority

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