Prepregnant weight in relation to risk of neural tube defects

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1089-1092

  Werler, Martha M ^a   Louik, Carol ^a   Shapiro, Samuel ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029869816     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.14.1089     Document Type: Article

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