Risk of neural tube defect-affected pregnancies among obese women

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1093-1096

  Shaw, Gary M ^a,c   Velie, Ellen M ^a   Schaffer, Donna ^b  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0029869817     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.14.1093     Document Type: Article

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