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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 154, No. 12 : S60-S69
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

FROM EPIDEMIOLOGY TO POLICY: PROCEEDNGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON THE TRANSLATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE INTO PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY - July 27–29, 1998, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC

Folate Fortification for the Prevention of Birth Defects: Case Study

Manning Feinleib1, Shirley A. A. Beresford2, Barbara A. Bowman3, James L. Mills4, Jeanne I. Rader5, Jacob Selhub6 and Elizabeth A. Yetley7

1 Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
3 Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
4 Pediatric Epidemiology Section, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
5 Division of Science and Applied Technology, Office of Food Labeling, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC.
6 Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA.
7 Office of Special Nutritionals, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC.

Abbreviations: FDA, US Food and Drug Administration

NOTES

Reprint requests to Dr. Manning Feinleib, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E6153, Baltimore, MD 21205 (e-mail: mfeinlei{at}jhsph.edu).

Received for publication April 27, 2001. Accepted for publication September 13, 2001.


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