Folate and Vitamin <scp>B12</scp> Status in Women of Reproductive Age in Rural Haryana, India: Estimating Population‐Based Prevalence for Neural Tube Defects
The magnitude of folate insufficiency and vitamin B12 deficiency in this Northern Indian population is a substantial public health concern. The findings from the survey help establish the baseline against which results from future post-fortification surveys can be compared.
Authors
- Krista S. Crider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-5955)
- Charles E. Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-8060)
- Neha Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4001-1631)
- Suresh Dalpath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0887-2343)
- Neena Raina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1553-254X)
- Mindy Zhang
- Rita Bhatia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7019-8399)
- Gursharan Singh Dhanjal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-0200)
- Hari Kishan Senee
- Vishal Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5709-9174)
- Christine M Pfeiffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3438-5191)
- Reena Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8938-5423)
- Shameem Jabbar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9335-7719)
- Jorge Rosenthal
- Swati Bhardwaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3294-0112)
- Rakesh Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5443-569X)
- Mona Duggal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9404-2871)
- Akash Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9442-3597)
- Ankita Kankaria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4641-7333)
- Lorraine F. Yeung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1553-5935)
- Rachita Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7228-9750)
- Rajesh Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6607-481X)
- Manmeet Kaur
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Government of Haryana (IN)
- National Center for Environmental Health (US)
- McKing Consulting (United States) (US)
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (US)
- Incell Corporation (United States) (US)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (IN)
- World Health Organization - India (IN)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Birth Defects Research
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.2390
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.47
Funders
- World Health Organization
- Strong
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention