James L. Mills

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James L. Mills
Born (1947-11-07) November 7, 1947 (age 78)
New York City, New York
Education Cornell University
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Known forResearch on birth defects
Spouse
Gayle Linda Countryman
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(m. 1974)​
Scientific career
Fields Epidemiology
Institutions Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

James Louis Mills (born November 7, 1947) [1] is an American epidemiologist and Senior Investigator in the Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Intramural Population Health Research in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. [2] He has studied the effects of iodine and folic acid consumption on outcomes such as female fertility and the risk of birth defects. [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ American Men & Women of Science. Thomson/Gale. 2009. p. 418. ISBN   9781414433059.
  2. ↑ "Principal Investigators". NIH Intramural Research Program. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Too little iodine could harm a woman's fertility". UPI. January 11, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Study Finds Small Amount of Folic Acid Reduces Birth Defects". The New York Times. Associated Press. December 5, 1997. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Research backs plan to fortify bread, cereals with folic acid". Deseret News. December 5, 1997. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
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