Neural tube defects 1974-94 - Down but not out

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Murphy, Michael ^a,d   Seagroatt, Valerie ^a   Hey, Kate ^a   O'Donnell, Maeve ^a   Godden, Margaret ^a   Jones, Nora ^b   Botting, Beverley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Off of Pop Censuses and Surveys   (United Kingdom)

^d RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Folate supplementation; Neural tube defects; Time trends

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; WALES;

EID: 0029793253     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.75.2.F133     Document Type: Article

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