Folic acid and prevention of neural tube defects: A study of Canadian mothers of infants with spina bifida

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Forman, Rachel ^a   Singal, Neera ^a   Perelman, Vsevolod ^a   Chou, Sheila ^a   Hoffman, Lisa ^e   Parkin, Patricia ^c,d,e   Koren, Gideon ^a,b,d,e,f,g  

^a Motherisk Program   (Canada)

^b Division of Clinical Pharmacology   (Canada)

^c Division of General Pediatrics   (Japan)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Department of Pediatrics ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPINA BIFIDA;

CANADA; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0029896868     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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