Population-based case control study of folic acid supplementation during pregnancy

Teratology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 345-351

  Czeizel, Andrew E ^a,b   Tóth, Márta ^a   Rockenbauer, Magda ^a  

^a National Institute of Hygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^b OKI National Institute for Public Education Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029903683     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199606)53:6<345::AID-TERA5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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