Risk for neural tube defect-affected pregnancies among women of Mexican descent and White women in California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1467-1471

  Shaw, Gary M ^a   Velie, Ellen M ^a   Wasserman, Cathy R ^a  

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030763221     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1467     Document Type: Article

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