Folic acid for preventing Neural Tube Defects

Harefuah

Volumn 139, Issue 11-12, 2000, Pages 416-420

  Gil, Ziv ^a   Aran, Adi ^a   Friedman, Orna ^a   Beni Adani, Liana ^a   Constantini, Shlomo ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; JEW; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARABS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; JEWS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 0002840163     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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