The story of folic acid fortification.

The story of folic acid fortification.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[Atlanta, Ga.]: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [2013]
Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (6 min., 37 sec.)) : sound, color
Language:	English
Subject:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- Interviews. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Folic acid in human nutrition -- Popular works. Spina bifida -- Prevention -- Popular works. Neural tube -- Abnormalities -- Prevention -- Popular works. Nutrition policy -- United States -- Popular works. Spina bifida -- Research -- International cooperation -- Popular works. Employees. Folic acid in human nutrition. Neural tube -- Abnormalities -- Prevention. Nutrition policy. Spina bifida -- Prevention. United States. Internet videos. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Internet videos. Interviews. Popular works. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format:	E-Resource Video Spoken word recording Audio U.S. Federal Government Document
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9329019

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Varying Form of Title:	Folic acid fortification
Other authors / contributors:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), issuing body. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication, film producer. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), film producer.
Notes:	Video file available in both streaming (6 min., 37 sec., SWF file, sound, color) and downloadable (6 min., 37 sec., WMV and MP4 files, sound, color) formats. Downloadable WMV files available in small, medium, and high resolutions; downloadable MP4 file available in medium resolution. Title from title frame. "Produced by: Office of Associate Director for Communication in collaboration with: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities"--Final credits screen. "Release date: 07/9/2013"--Video home page. Accompanied by transcript in PDF format. System requirements: Adobe Flash Player for streaming files; multimedia software player such as Windows Media Player or RealPlayer for downloadable files. Mode of access: Internet via the CDC-TV web site. Closed-captioned; open-captioned version available as downloadable MP4 file only.
Summary:	Interviews with research and public health officials of the CDC reveal their successful experiments through the early 1990s that culminated in their recommendations for folic acid intake that have successfully reduced incidences of spina bifida and other neural tube defects in the U.S. and abroad.
GPO item no.:	0504-W-16 (online)
Govt.docs classification:	HE 20.7056:F 71