Birth Defects: Research on Causes and Prevention

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Birth Defects: Research on Causes and Prevention

National Birth Defects Prevention Month and Folic Acid Awareness Week — January 2015 
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:1

Birth defects are common, costly, and critical, National Birth Defects Prevention Network

CDC key findings: Racial and ethnic differences in the occurrence of major birth defects

CDC birth defects research and tracking

CDC article: Supplement use and other characteristics among pregnant women with a previous pregnancy affected by a neural tube defect — United States, 1997–2009 
MMWR,  January 16, 2015 / 64(01);6-9

CDC updated estimates of neural tube defects prevented by mandatory folic acid fortification — United States, 1995–2011 
Jennifer Williams, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:1-5

Birth Defects: What have we learned? By Coleen Boyle, March of Dimes, Jan 14

Check out our Birth Defects update page for additional information and links