Examination of selected national policies towards mandatory folic acid fortification Lawrence, Mark A., Chai, Weizhong, Kara, Raija, Rosenberg, Irwin H., Scott, John and Tedstone, Alison 2009, Examination of selected national policies towards mandatory folic acid fortification, Nutrition reviews, vol. 67, no. 1, supplement issue, pp. S73-S78, doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00164.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Examination of selected national policies towards mandatory folic acid fortification Author(s) Lawrence, Mark A. orcid.org/0000-0001-6899-3983 Chai, Weizhong Kara, Raija Rosenberg, Irwin H. Scott, John Tedstone, Alison Journal name Nutrition reviews Volume number 67 Issue number 1 Season supplement issue Start page S73 End page S78 Total pages 6 Publisher Nutrition Foundation Place of publication Washington, D.C. Publication date 2009 ISSN 0029-6643 1753-4887 Keyword(s) folic acid mandatory fortification policy Summary The purpose of this paper is to present an examination of the contrasting policies towards mandatory folic acid fortification in six countries from different regions of the world. Three questions are addressed: 1) What is the policy of the country? 2) Why was the policy adopted? 3) What lessons have been learned? Policy contrasts among countries were assessed as reflecting different interpretations of the potential risks and benefits associated with folic acid fortification. Although commonalities were identified, it was considered unlikely that there could be a standard policy response for all countries. Instead, a country-by-country policy response based on national circumstances is indicated. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00164.x Field of Research 160508 Health Policy Socio Economic Objective 920411 Nutrition HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2009 Copyright notice ©2009, International Life Sciences Institute Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30019906 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Public Health Research, Evaluation, and Policy Cluster Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 24 Sep 2009, 21:01:42 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 08:18:10 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 08:36:09 EST Fri, 16 Oct 2009, 14:28:37 EST Fri, 26 Mar 2010, 09:42:02 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2011, 10:14:44 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2011, 10:16:05 EST Fri, 15 Jun 2012, 09:52:47 EST Mon, 29 Apr 2013, 14:48:10 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 13:09:51 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 10:55:26 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 10:29:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 29 times in TR Web of Science Cited 37 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1037 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 24 Sep 2009, 21:01:40 EST by Sally Morrigan