Can terathanasia explain the protective effect of folic-acid supplementation on birth defects

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9076, 1997, Pages 513-515

  Hook, Ernest B ^a,b   Czeizel, Andrew E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Center for Health Promotion and Development   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE;

BIRTH DEFECT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030873161     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)01342-1     Document Type: Note

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